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A radiative cooling parasol that dissipates heat into space is now accepting pre-orders ahead of its official June 11 launch, delivering an 80% heat shielding rate alongside 99.99% light blocking.
studio CLIP is teaming up with Pokkoshi, the quirky yet adorable creatures from a miniature world, for the brand's first collaboration with a plush toy artist's character design. A lineup of 40 items goes on sale from June 11, 2026.
A new in-store lottery featuring original "Relax Night" illustrations of Symphogear XV characters is coming to KujiQ, with the full prize lineup now unveiled ahead of its August 2026 release.
An Animate fair celebrating the anime Teasing Master Takagi-san is coming to select Animate stores across Japan starting August 22, 2026, featuring new merchandise with an original "Work Experience" concept illustration, along with an advance online pre-order campaign starting June 4.
An online lottery for the theatrical film The Irregular at Magic High School Yotsuba Succession Arc opens on the Kuji Hikido platform starting June 11, 2026, offering prizes including newly illustrated fabric posters, tapestries, acrylic stands, keychains, and can badges featuring Tatsuya and Miyuki.
KADOKAWA's online lottery service "Kujibikido" is set to launch a new lottery featuring original pajama party-themed illustrations from the TV anime The Ramparts of Ice, available from June 11, 2026 at 12:00 PM.
Works by Yorkshire-based printmaker Emma Lawrenson — including limited edition silkscreen prints and original drawings — are now on display and for sale at TIMBER YARD, a lifestyle interior shop in Chiba City, from June 4, 2026.
From July 1 to August 31, 2026, Tea Salon Pikake at Tokyo Prince Hotel offers a seasonal Summer Fruits Afternoon Tea featuring three tiers of vibrant summer fruits including white peach, mango, and melon.
Merchandise from the Tokyo Revengers & Puyo Puyo POP UP SHOP held at Shinjuku Marui Annex is now available for purchase online via the THE Chara store, with orders accepted through June 18, 2026.
PATISSERIE TOOTH TOOTH, a Kobe-based pastry shop, is releasing TOO POP ICE — a set of canelé-shaped ice cream bars in five cake-inspired flavors — exclusively through its online shop starting June 4, 2026.
The fifth drawn-down character visual for Touken Ranbu - ICE BLADE -, featuring Kashuu Kiyomitsu "Image on Ice Ver.," has been unveiled ahead of the October 2026 ice show at the National Yoyogi Stadium. Ticket lottery applications are now open.
A new hotel in the heart of Osaka's Shinsaibashi district is now accepting bookings at pre-opening rates from 5,500 yen per night, with a Fortune Wheel campaign where guests can win prizes including pure gold.