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Kishis has released the Yoyo Balloon Sparkly Star Blue Assort, a clear, glittering "neo" water yoyo filled with blue confetti, following up on its hit pink heart edition ahead of this summer's festival season.
Clapper's Diner on the 5th floor of Grand Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro is offering an original menu inspired by Spider-Man: Brand New Day from July 10 to August 27, 2026, ahead of the film's July 31 nationwide release.
A Super Mario-themed participatory event, Super Mario: RUN TO THE GOAL in Hokkaido 2026, takes place at Daiwa House PREMIST DOME (Sapporo Dome) on September 13, 2026, featuring a decorated running course, photo spots, mini games, official merchandise, and food stalls. Runner registration opens July 10, and a companion Sapporo Walk Rally begins July 18.
LIVELY HOTELS' flagship brand THE LIVELY celebrates its 7th anniversary with "THE LIVELY 7DAYS," a week of music, art, and food events open to hotel guests and the public alike at its Tokyo Azabu-Juban, Osaka Honmachi, and Fukuoka Hakata properties.
THREEPPY releases all 35 items in a new Young Oyster design series inspired by Disney's "Alice in Wonderland," including lunch items, bags, and pouches, at stores nationwide starting early July 2026.
From July 17, 2026, Tokyo Midtown hosts more than 20 summer workshops across its cool indoor spaces, including a giant newspaper-and-tape dinosaur art project, a Ritz-Carlton Tokyo hotel-staff experience, and hands-on craft sessions for the whole family.
From July 8 to July 22, 2026, Tokyo Milk Cheese Factory holds a pop-up event at JR Tokyo Station Square ZERO, offering an exclusive Cow Cow Sundae Mix Strawberry flavor alongside the brand's popular cheese cookies.
American multimedia art pioneer Tony Oursler is presenting his first major solo exhibition in Japan, Tech/Gnosis-Magic, Media, Art, at TOKYO NODE in Toranomon Hills from July 3 to September 27, 2026. The show gathers 49 works, including two world premieres, alongside a linked catalog, collaboration cafe menu, official goods, and a summer program of related events around Toranomon Hills.
Gakken has released the sticker dress-up picture book "Twin Princesses and 100 Dresses: Dream," the latest addition to a series whose cumulative print run has now topped 140,000 copies, featuring 1,128 peel-and-stick stickers across 11 dress-up scenes.
Hollywood Ranch Market and Ultraman have released three new T-shirts as the third installment of their collaboration, featuring monotone graphics inspired by the original series' opening sequence, flight scenes, and iconic poses, on sale from July 3 online and at select stores nationwide.
Washinmura, a nature retreat in Futtsu, Chiba, is celebrating the launch of its "Sleep & Beauty" girls' trip plan, which lets guests use the in-room self-esthetic machine CELLZERO SMART, with a July to September 2026 campaign that waives the usual ¥15,000 per-room surcharge, limited to one group per day.
Watabe Wedding is launching "Custom Color Dress," a customizable wedding dress line that combines 5 designs with about 50 colors for roughly 250 possible combinations, at its costume stores nationwide from July 3, 2026.