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From October 10, Hakone Kowakien Yunessun marks its 25th anniversary and the November release of Godzilla Minus Zero with a second Godzilla collaboration, featuring a Godzilla-themed bath and sauna event, facility decorations, bonus-included collaboration tickets, and a Chibi Godzilla puzzle rally.
As ZEPETO's Disney content offerings come to an end on September 26, 2026, the avatar social platform is running the Disney Thanks Festival campaign, highlighted by the Disney Wish Festival bingo event where users grant each other's Disney wishes from September 11 to 24, with wishlist pre-registration opening September 9.
To mark Angel Pie's 65th anniversary, Morinaga Seika and the MMORPG AION 2 are running an Angel Pie/Devils Pie collaboration campaign from September 8 to October 15, 2026, inspired by the game's Elyos and Asmodian races, with tumblers, an in-game item, and BitCash up for grabs.
Womenswear brand Ameri joins forces with Wrangler, the jeans brand born in 1947 as the world's first to be created by a designer, on a two-piece denim collaboration built around this season's "Drive" theme, arriving September 29 at Ameri's web store and its directly-run stores.
Gamers, the anime and game merchandise store chain operated by Card Lab Co., Ltd., has opened pre-orders for Atelier Karia, the newest entry in the Atelier series, ahead of its February 25, 2027 release, alongside an exclusive bonus-packed "Together with Karia" set.
Kumamoto Manga Arts is adding a new manuscript option to its popular pen-inking workshop, letting fans ink a scene from Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater with a professional G-pen and take home a framed piece of their own artwork.
Bvlgari has released a video across social media introducing the Octo Finissimo Dual Time x Vianney Halter, a limited-edition timepiece and the brand's first movement collaboration, created with independent watchmaker Vianney Halter and unveiled at Geneva Watch Days in September 2026.
Chacott Cosmetics is bringing back its well-loved "Moist Series" base makeup with enhanced hydration from fermented manuka honey and collagen, including a new "Finishing Powder Moist CA" with fine pearl shimmer, arriving September 11 in limited quantities at Chacott's stores, online shop, and select retailers nationwide.
LTR Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of CL Holdings Co., Ltd., is opening the "Chainsaw Man Cafe," modeled after Crossroads, the coffee shop where Reze works, for a limited time in Tokyo and Nagoya from October 1 and in Osaka from October 8, 2026.
Chichibu's nighttime light-up walk moves into autumn for the first time this year, running on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays from September 18 through November 30, with illuminated shrines and temples, a projection-mapped umbrella dome, free lantern rentals, and an Instagram photo contest, marking the finale of the once-in-12-years Chichibu Fudasho Year of the Horse Grand Opening.
At Kokuei Takino Suzuran Hillside National Government Park near Sapporo, cosmos flowers are just starting to bloom in the upper Country Garden. Around 700,000 blooms across 21 varieties will soon color the hillside pink for Cosmos Festa 2026, running September 12 to 27 with autumn craft, food, and music events.
Dashi Okume, an additive-free dashi specialty store rooted in a Toyosu Market dried-goods wholesaler founded in 1871, will open its first Kanagawa Prefecture location at Yokohama Bay Quarter in December 2026, bringing original miso, seasonings, and a made-to-order dashi blending service.