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A collaboration event between mobile game Kemono Friends 3 and sandbox game TERAVIT begins July 9, 2026, featuring cross-game reward campaigns, a limited-time mini-game, a new area in Friends Chat World, a world-building contest, and character-themed skins.
Kyoto kimono brand KIMONOMACHI is holding its longest-ever in-person sale, the Kimono Treasure Hunt Market, for five days from July 14 to 18, 2026, offering yukata dressing ticket giveaways, 10% off new 2026 yukata, venue-only exhibits, and a recycled kimono and clearance sale timed to Gion Matsuri and Tenjin Matsuri.
Kobe Tourism Bureau's "Kobe no Tobira" program has begun selling a half-day bus tour to "Hakogi Sennenke," an Important Cultural Property residence expected to become Japan's first residential National Treasure, and to the National Treasure temple "Taisanji," with a stop at its specialty coffee shop along the approach.
Comptoir Ruban at Kobe Portopia Hotel hosts the third "La Table du Chef" event from August 7 to 9, 2026, offering a special course centered on Kobe beef, with producer Morimoto Kazuki joining as a guest speaker on the opening night.
Samu, the Japanese-style café run by Kochouan in Azumino, Nagano, has begun selling two new "Premium Kakigori" shaved ice flavors, Rich Matcha and Blissful Strawberry, for a limited time this summer.
KURAND's online craft alcohol shop begins sales of "Ryusei no Osake" on July 7, a fruit liqueur inspired by shooting stars with a sweet berry-like scent and a citrus tartness, available through its crowdfunding platform "Kurafan!"
A new lineup of Kyomutan plush mascots is coming to capsule toy corners nationwide from mid-July 2026, now in soft pastel colors with an extra-fluffy texture.
Kyoto Century Hotel's main bar Essex is serving two original cocktails inspired by ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi's warrior prints and playful cat artwork from July 18 to September 23, 2026, timed to coincide with a Kuniyoshi exhibition at the Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art.
From August 2 to 8, Kyoto Railway Museum puts its Series KiYa 141 inspection train on special display for its 20th anniversary, with a commemorative emblem and limited tickets for a rare cab and interior tour.
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Kyoto Railway Museum will bring the "Yoshitsune," the oldest steam locomotive in its collection and a designated railway monument, out of the roundhouse for a test run and a special display on July 18 and August 25, 2026.
Starting July 18, 2026, the LACOSTE Harajuku store is releasing a Harajuku-exclusive collection for My Lacoste Artist Program Vol.10, its tenth artist collaboration, featuring original crocodile-motif designs by street artist YOSHI47 across T-shirts, a cap, a bag, mugs, and stickers.
LAST CALL BEACH, a limited-time beach house at Yuigahama Beach produced by the YouTube show LAST CALL, has opened sales for paid seats with a front-row view of the 78th Kamakura Fireworks Festival on July 10, 2026.