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On July 31, 2026, Sapporo Park Hotel presents a one-night-only dinner buffet at Sapporo Lilac Square Hall, where guests can enjoy hotel-made cuisine and free-flowing drinks while watching the Toyohira River Fireworks Festival up close.
Nine temples and shrines in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture will hold the "Tsuruoka Natsumoude Goshuin Meguri" from July 1 to 20, 2026, with special summer goshuin stamps available for visitors.
A pop-up shop celebrating the TV anime broadcast of Tune In to the Midnight Heart is open at three HMV&BOOKS locations across Japan, featuring new products using newly drawn illustrations.
Ikebukuro PARCO is holding a collaboration event with the Ultraman Series to celebrate its 60th anniversary — featuring a pop-up shop, lottery, restaurant campaign, and SNS giveaway, running July 3–16, 2026.
Universal Studios Japan unveils a lineup of summer-exclusive food, drinks, and goods for its 25th anniversary celebration, including festival-style twists on classic stall snacks and a special night entertainment show running from July 1 to August 26, 2026.
Yokohama-based craft chocolate shop VANILLABEANS has added two new baked chocolate series to its permanent lineup, available from June 18, 2026.
A limited-edition boat shoe from Vans, crafted in a suede and smooth leather combination with an off-white colorway, is launching exclusively at URBAN RESEARCH DOORS stores in Japan on June 19, 2026.
Limited merchandise for the TV anime "Mistress Kanan is Devilishly Easy" is now available at the Village Vanguard official online store, running through July 5, 2026.
VolFes 2026, the annual gathering of popular characters from Voltage Inc.'s romance drama series, is being held at Yurakucho Marui in Tokyo from June 13 to June 23, 2026, with an Osaka edition following in July.
The 135th edition of the popular "Goka Whisky Mikuji" lottery, which has surpassed 60,000 total entries, launches on June 16, 2026 — with Yamazaki 18 Years Old as the top prize.
The monthly "Whisky Mikuji Day" lottery from Tachibana E Sake Sales launched on June 15, 2026 exclusively on Rakuten Ichiba, with Hakushu 25 Years Old as the top prize and a lineup of 466 entries at ¥7,980 each.
A new collaboration event between White Cat Project NEW WORLD'S and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime has kicked off, bringing Rimuru, Benimaru, Shion, and Shizu into the world of White Cat.