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Chiba confectionery shop Okashi no Taiyo is selling its Halloween Bar Baum again, rice-flour baumkuchen on a stick made to look like an ice pop. Two new designs join the lineup, and an online-only gift box is limited to 20 boxes.
The series "The Otome Heroine's Fight for Survival," which has passed 900,000 copies in total including e-books, will air as a TV anime in July 2027, with Fuka Izumi cast as Aria.
Collaboration goods from PATLABOR THE MOBILE POLICE and illustrator tree13 have been announced. tree13 has drawn a new illustration of Noa Izumi and the Ingram under the supervision of Yutaka Izubuchi and Akemi Takada, and the lineup and sales details will follow.
From October 15 to December 15, 2026, The Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho is holding "Back to the Roots -Kishu, Wakayama-," a collaboration fair with Wakayama Prefecture offering a lunch course, dinner courses and cocktails made with Wakayama ingredients.
The 10th installment of The Prince of Tennis II character fragrances, seven scents at ¥7,200 each (excluding tax), opens for online reservations on October 6, 2026, and goes on sale at primaniacs stores on December 22, 2026.
Nijigen COSPA is releasing acrylic stands of Lilisa Suzunomiya and Otoha Kurogane in newly drawn "Bondage Costume Ver." illustrations from "Rock Is a Lady's Modesty," priced at ¥1,650 each and planned for early December 2026, with the standard pre-order period running through October 25, 2026.
From November 1 to 30, 2026, the lobby lounge Fontaine at Royal Park Hotel in Tokyo serves a new Cheese and Nuts Afternoon Tea for ¥8,500 per person. An Aged Cured Ham × Cheese Marriage Dinner Buffet also runs on select dates at the Chef's Dining Symphony.
A free outdoor screening of the concert film Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus will be held at the Central Plaza of Komazawa Olympic Park on October 10, 2026, starting at 5:30 PM. It is the first outdoor screening of the film in Tokyo.
Samansa Mos2 will release five new autumn items in its SA Embroidery series on October 9, 2026, including a pintuck dress, gathered-hem pants, and scalloped knitwear, at stores nationwide and online.
DARTSHIVE opens reservations on October 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM for 13 brass dart sets designed with Sanrio Characters such as Hello Kitty, Cinnamoroll, and Kuromi, with sales starting October 16, 2026 at ¥4,620 each.
The Lobby Lounge on the 28th floor of Shangri-La Tokyo will serve a Christmas Afternoon Tea from December 1 to 26, 2026, with five festive sweets, five savories, three scones, and a Shangri-La Bear cookie to take home, priced at ¥9,680 per person (tax included, plus a 15% service charge).
Shangri-La Tokyo will serve limited-time Christmas dinners at Piacere, Nadaman and The Lobby Lounge, offered in stages from December 23 through December 26, 2026.