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Starting Wednesday, July 22, the Arena Shop and the Ryukyu Golden Kings official online shop are offering a new 2026-27 season summer lineup, including a fan-favorite Gordy design, easy-to-wear sweat shorts, kids' items, and Kings caps in a wide range of styles and colors.
The reading drama "The Bottled Sea Sang Ryuztan’s Dream in the Bedroom 2026," a late-summer tradition since 2023, comes to TODA HALL in Tokyo's Kyobashi from September 25 to 27, 2026, featuring both a voice actor cast and a newly added actor cast performing the same story across three days.
Sapporo Prince Hotel's Chinese restaurant Fuyojo is serving a limited-time "Spicy & China Sweets" afternoon tea that pairs bold Sichuan-style spice with summery Chinese desserts, available through August 31, 2026.
Manga Zenkan is offering a coupon worth up to 18% in points back on the complete 46-volume Space Brothers set, celebrating the manga's conclusion after a 19-year run, available through July 31, 2026.
On Friday, August 28, 2026, Strings Hotel Nagoya will turn its cathedral-view Cabana Garden blue for one night only with "STRINGS Blue Bubble Night," featuring a limited Chandon Brut blue cocktail, live jazz from Aichi University's Blue Stars Jazz Orchestra, a blue dress code with a Best Dresser Award, and an afternoon tea or evening high tea plan at the New York Lounge.
Sunshine City Prince Hotel in Tokyo's Ikebukuro area is offering a collaboration concept room stay plan themed on TV anime "Though I Am an Inept Villainess: Tale of the Butterfly-Rat Body Swap in the Maiden Court," available from September 5 to December 5, 2026, complete with original amenities and limited-time collaboration drinks.
Suntory Beverage & Food is releasing 24 limited-edition Chiikawa-themed bottle designs across eight of its popular drinks nationwide from early September 2026, tying in with the movie Chiikawa the Movie, The Secret of the Mermaid Island.
The Toranomon Advertising Festival, a nine-day advertising creative festival at TOKYO NODE in Toranomon Hills, returns October 9–17, 2026, after its debut edition drew 17,044 visitors. The first wave of announced 2026 speakers includes creative directors Naoki Ito, Masashi Kawamura, and Kashiwa Sato, actor Kyoko Hasegawa, and choreographer MIKIKO.
WEGO is holding a three-day pop-up event, "WEGO 2026 SUMMER SPECIAL POPUP," at THE PLUG in Harajuku from August 7 to 9, 2026, celebrating IVE member REI's appointment as the face of its WEGO 2026 SUMMER visual campaign.
YADOKARI is now accepting applications for "YADOKARI VILLAGE TOUR Vol.3," a 2-night, 3-day monitor tour based at its tiny house lodging in Kita-Karuizawa this September, where guests harvest cabbage in a 360° field, ride along on a farm work vehicle, and share a meal with Tsumagoi Village locals. Applications are open from July 22 to August 24, 2026, limited to four groups.
Colopl's mobile action game Alice Gear Aegis reached its 8.5th anniversary on July 22, 2026, with an anniversary livestream set for July 29 and a series of in-game campaigns — including a revived costume, select scouts, an accessory exchange, and a Carat purchase bonus — running into September.
AmiAmi is now accepting pre-orders for Alter's Arknights Hellagur Gala Night Ver. 1/7 scale completed figure, the fourth release in a series based on the game's 2nd-anniversary illustrations. It comes with an AmiAmi-exclusive acrylic strap and is priced at ¥25,080 (tax included).