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Courtyard by Marriott Shin-Osaka Station will serve the 11th anniversary course "Kan-on" (感恩) at Teppanyaki Ikka Ichiyo on its top floor from November 1 to 30, 2026. The course features foie gras, lobster, Omi beef, and red snow crab at a special appreciation price of ¥11,000.
From October 22 to November 10, 2026, RAKU CAFE Ikebukuro and Shinsaibashi host the first collab cafe for DAISO's official character Daizo, with original food and drinks, limited goods, and Daizo appearing as store manager on select days.
AMNIBUS, an online shop for original anime and manga goods, has opened pre-orders for eight Date A Live V products in the Aure Glass series, including trading acrylic cards, glitter can badges, compact clear cards, foil-stamped cards, and an acrylic stand clock.
Orders have opened at AMNIBUS, an online shop for original anime and manga goods, for five TV anime Dr. STONE T-shirts printed with lines from Senku Ishigami, Ryusui Nanami, SAI, Dr. Xeno, and Stanley Snyder, priced at ¥5,478 each.
Fashion brand equalment (イコールメント) marks its 3rd anniversary with a new collection at a pop-up store in RAYARD MIYASHITA PARK North 2F, THE [ ] STORE, open to the public from October 7 to October 13, 2026.
From November 16, 2026 to January 6, 2027, THE LOUNGE on the 39th floor of Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi serves a festive afternoon tea inspired by Christmas in Italy and Northern Europe, created by Executive Pastry Chef Michele Abbatemarco. Reservations opened on October 1.
Bakery & Sweets Picot at The Fujiya Hotel in Hakone is taking Christmas reservations until December 21, 2026. The menu has three cakes plus roast chicken, stollen and panettone, with pickup from December 23 to 25.
Customers who pre-order The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Nintendo Switch 2 at GEO shops or the GEO Online Store receive an exclusive Double Acrylic Charm. The game is scheduled for release on November 5, 2026.
Italian luxury maison Gianvito Rossi is holding a limited-time pop-up at Hankyu Umeda Main Store from October 7 to 20, 2026, featuring its Fall/Winter 2026 collection with the theme "Winter Garden" and offering the new rhinestone-embellished MAYFAIR series ahead of other stores.
Gofun Nail, the water-based nail polish from Kyoto pigment shop Uebaeso, adds two new colors on October 15, 2026 — Tsuyuichii and the returning Kanhizakura — at ¥1,452 each for 10 mL.
To mark Hands' 50th anniversary, the HANDS×HANGYODON collaboration runs from October 10 to November 12, 2026 at Hands stores and the online store, with limited-edition goods, an original shopper, a novelty sticker, in-store BGM, and a photo session at Hands Shinjuku.
JAMES PERSE, the Los Angeles-born brand, reopens on the 3rd floor of Hankyu Men's Osaka on October 21, 2026, as its first standalone men's store in Kansai. The new space expresses grown-up California luxury and carries the winter collection SUNSET ST.GERMAIN.