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The 10th anniversary campaign for Shiro Project:RE kicked off on March 24, 2026, offering players up to 12 high-rarity ★7 castle girls through free packs and bonuses, alongside new limited-time Variant characters including a new form of Edo Castle.
An online lottery for TV anime "The Shiunji Family Children" has launched through the DRAW!DRAW! service, featuring five prize tiers including character fine graphs, BIG acrylic stands, A3 matte posters, acrylic cards, and hologram can badges.
To celebrate the upcoming anime adaptation of Sirotan on TV Asahi, a new puppet-style stuffed toy called the "Sirotan Fluffy Puppet Plush" goes on sale March 25, 2026, exclusively through online stores. A character greeting event is also planned at AnimeJapan 2026.
A spring bakery fair is coming to Sogo Yokohama's B2F food event space from March 31 to April 6, 2026, bringing together about 60 bakeries and offering around 300 bread varieties per day.
Two new non-carbonated, sugar-free tea-based RTD alcohol drinks from Suntory will be available exclusively in the Tohoku region from May 19, 2026, for a limited period.
AMNIBUS has opened pre-orders for 14 types of Sword Art Online merchandise featuring newly drawn illustrations in the "Ayumi ver." series, including trading acrylic cards, can badges, acrylic stands, desk mats, and more.
Takino Snow World is wrapping up the white season on March 31, while the park's Green Season — featuring 230,000 tulips in 120 varieties, Shirane Aoi wildflowers, camping, BBQ areas, and large play structures — is set to begin on April 19.
A limited-time pop-up store featuring exclusive "Teasing Master Takagi-san" merchandise with brand-new illustrations will be held at two Ito-Yokado locations from April 3 to 15, 2026.
A pop-up store for the manga series The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All is coming to select bookstores across Japan from April 1, 2026. Exclusive merchandise featuring two newly drawn illustrations by author Sumiko Arai will be available for purchase, with a nationwide fair also planned for late April.
New merchandise from the TV anime "This Monster Wants to Eat Me" is now available for pre-order on the mail-order site "Kyara ON!", featuring T-shirts, B2 tapestries, character rubber mats, and acrylic character stands.
A wide range of new Touring After the Apocalypse merchandise — including apparel, tapestries, acrylic figures, mugs, and badges — is now open for pre-order on the CharaON! online shop.
Towada Prince Hotel on the west shore of Lake Towada opens for the 2026 season in April, with an exclusive early morning lake cruising café experience available for hotel guests.