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Smartphone strategy idle RPG Rogue with the Dead has surpassed 2 million downloads worldwide, and starting July 31, 2026, developer room6 is launching "2 Million DL NEXT JOURNEY," its first long-term campaign of daily login bonuses and in-game events leading up to a new 2027 story.
SIKI Garden at Rokko Musical Box Museum & Gardens MORINONE will hold its Autumn Season from August 29 to November 30, 2026, with fall foliage beginning in late October, a seed-picking workshop, and Halloween-themed photo spots.
Saitama Prefecture's pear and grape season is underway, with local producers taking the most awards at Japan's National Pear Championship for three years running, plus the first-ever Saitama Morning-Picked Grape Festival at Omiya Station on August 29 and 30, 2026.
For the fifth installment of a year-long campaign built around August 2 "Baby Star Day," Oyatsu Company teams up with Ganso Manshu Nira Ramen Sakaeya Honten in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, to serve ベビにら, a limited-time ramen topped with Baby Star noodles, from July 30 to August 5, 2026, with a free pack of Baby Star Ramen for everyone who orders it.
An exhibition marking 30 years of the Sakura Wars franchise will be held in Yurakucho, Tokyo and Kyoto, featuring rare setting materials and displays that fans won't want to miss, along with commemorative merchandise available for purchase on site.
Sankeien Garden in Yokohama will open the interior of Kakushoukaku, a Yokohama City Designated Tangible Cultural Property and the former residence of founder Hara Sankei, from August 9 to 16, 2026, alongside a free rubbing-making workshop and a geisha dance performance.
Oku-Yugawara Onsen Sansuirou SANSUIROU in Kanagawa is holding a 10-day "Summer Festival Event" from August 7 to 16, 2026, with yo-yo fishing, cotton candy, shaved ice, and more for guests staying over the Obon holidays.
Santa Maria Novella, the storied Florentine fragrance house known as the world's oldest pharmacy, opens a new store on the third floor of JR Nagoya Takashimaya on August 1, marked by a two-day bottle engraving event.
From Friday, July 31 to Sunday, August 23, 2026, Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium is giving its Japanese squirrels their annual vegetable ice treats and, new this year, giving Asian small-clawed otters shaved ice of their own, offering the animals cool relief from summer heat while visitors watch their playful reactions.
Seven-Eleven's in-store baked Seven Cafe Bakery series adds a new Handy Pizza, available in Margherita and Teriyaki Chicken flavors, rolling out nationwide from July 28.
A refreshing chocolate mint whipped cream sandwich joins Seven-Eleven's "Yokubari Sandwich" lineup, arriving at stores nationwide (excluding Hokkaido and Okinawa) from August 7.
Shibuya Bridge is hosting "Shibunan Festival 2026" on September 13, tying into the Shibuya Hikawa Shrine Festival with a mikoshi procession, free rickshaw rides, a DJ dance party, a kids workshop, and a market featuring local makers and food trucks.