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Tokio Gets Co., Ltd. has launched pre-orders for newly drawn illustration merchandise from the anime Gals Can't Be Kind to Otaku!? through their original brand Wachachatoys, featuring Kotoko Ijichi and Kei Amane holding summer flowers, available until June 30, 2026.
A signing session featuring Kohske, the author of the popular manga Gangsta., will be held on July 4, 2026 at Gallery Zenon in Kichijoji, Tokyo. 50 participants will be selected by lottery through TicketMe.
Seibu-en Amusement Park in Tokorozawa, Saitama is hosting "Gegege no Yuenchi Part 2," a second collaboration event with the anime film The Birth of Kitaro The Mystery of GeGeGe, running from July 17 to September 13, 2026. Featuring newly drawn visuals by the film's character designer Touko Yatabe, the event includes a mystery rally, carnival games, collaboration food, exclusive merchandise, and special recording-only voice performances.
Starting July 17, 2026, GENDY in Ginza will offer The Premium Bitter Caramel Madeleine in limited daily quantities, with reservations opening at the store from June 26.
GENDA GiGO Entertainment is launching "どでかじゃんぼ," a new line of oversized stuffed animals from its original prize brand GiGO PRIZE®. The first series features dinosaurs arriving June 25, 2026, with a dangerous creatures series following on July 7, 2026.
Hakone Kowakien Tenyu hotel introduces a special summer stay plan featuring bingata-style yukata dressing with kimono culture guidance and Okinawan-themed dining from July to August 2026.
Halal Mughal, which served over 52,000 portions of chicken biryani and welcomed around 180,000 customers at Expo 2025 Osaka, is opening its first Kyoto location at SUINA Muromachi in Shijo Karasuma on July 1, 2026, bringing inclusive dining to one of Japan's top international tourist destinations.
Two Happo-en restaurants in Tokyo are offering seasonal shaved ice featuring juicy domestic white peaches and ice made from the ultra-soft natural water of Nagai City, Yamagata, available from July 1, 2026.
Seven collaboration apparel items and three chibi character goods from the Hell's Paradise Jigokuraku collaboration with anime fashion brand Favorite will be open for pre-order starting June 26.
Hentai Shokubutsu Club, the TV Osaka program dedicated to rare and unusual plants, is hosting its first-ever event at Reptiles Fever 2026 in Osaka on July 4–5, 2026, featuring a plant market, limited merchandise, novelty giveaways, and on-site filming.
Popular donut shop HOCUS POCUS and Unagi Kitashirakawa collaborate to offer four unique donuts incorporating eel-related ingredients during Japan's summer doyo season from July 20 to August 6, 2026.
北斎グラフィック, a Japanese umbrella brand known for traditional waji-patterned designs, has opened a new store on Subana-dori in Enoshima, marking its first location in the Shonan/Enoshima area.