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atmoscon 2026, an urban culture festival combining sneakers, music, fashion and art, takes place October 31 and November 1, 2026, at Shinjuku Sumitomo Building, with early-release items and additional live acts now announced.
Nijigen no Mori on Awaji Island will hold a free Titan photo challenge for Attack on Titan night event participants from October 10 to November 30, 2026. Those who find five Pure Titans and report their best shot at the goal receive an original Titan sticker.
Authent Hotel Otaru has started taking online reservations for its Christmas-season stollen, sold since 1999. The lineup includes the Original Stollen and the Premium Stollen made with fermented butter from Akaigawa Village.
The Battle Cats will hold a collaboration event with the TV anime Rurouni Kenshin from October 9 to October 26, 2026, featuring collaboration-exclusive gacha and stages.
For stays from April 1, 2027, guests at Benesse House on Naoshima will be able to enter eligible art facilities on the island without buying tickets or booking online in advance. The eligible facilities and details will be announced around January 2027.
Kumesen Shuzo's Bikkuriman collaboration whisky goes on sale October 19, 2026, for ¥5,500 including tax. Each bottle comes with a Pukkuriman Sticker, the first three-dimensional puffy sticker in Bikkuriman history.
FamilyMart-exclusive TV anime "Blue Box" goods, the Pola Shot Collection and Trading Acrylic Keychain featuring newly drawn illustrations of Chinatsu playing sports other than basketball, go on sale at about 1,500 stores nationwide on October 8, 2026.
Japanese beauty brand Cami opens a global online store on Thursday, October 8, 2026, shipping to six regions, and takes part in the SONG OF SKIN pop-up in Los Angeles from the same day.
Chitoseya, a facility where visitors to Japan can experience tea ceremony in a kimono, opened in Kyoto's Teramachi on October 3, 2026. The roughly 90-minute program in English covers kimono dressing, tea ceremony and photos, and costs ¥2,000 per person for one month after opening.
Clarins will release the holiday-limited Clarins Precious La Crème Coffret from its flagship Clarins Precious age care series on November 13, 2026, with online pre-sale from November 5. The ¥50,600 (tax included) set is limited in quantity and includes a full-size cream, a lotion, and an eye cream.
Merchandise from the TV anime The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch POP UP STORE, held at Volks Akihabara Hobby Tengoku 2, is open for post-event mail order from October 5 to November 5, 2026 at the LD -LIBERTAS DREAM- online store, with original goods using newly drawn maid-themed illustrations.
From October 5 to December 13, 2026, Atmos Italian Dining on the 40th floor of Conrad Osaka serves an autumn Italian buffet themed "La Dolce Vita," featuring the cuisines of Tuscany and Liguria with seasonal ingredients such as chestnuts, mushrooms, and eggplant. Lunch starts at ¥7,200 and dinner at ¥8,000.