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On Sunday, July 19, 2026, the day-use hot spring facility Ofuro Cafe Hakuju no Yu in Kamikawa, Saitama will host a cutting demonstration and free kabayaki tasting using domestic eel raised at a nearby land-based aquaculture farm, in collaboration with eel producer Hiranuma Suisan.
From July 17 to August 31, 2026, Okinawa Harborview Hotel is hosting a range of summer-limited family events across the property, including a kids' mocktail-making experience at its renewed garden pool, a hotel-wide shisa-hunting game, and a kids-free offer at its buffet restaurant.
Onari Sauna in Kamakura will hold a collaboration event with Swiss sports brand On on July 26, 2026, combining a Cloudmonster 3 TryOn experience, a roughly 7km coastal group run, and a sauna session, with 30 spots available by lottery.
On July 10, Onitsuka Tiger opened its largest global flagship store yet in Shinjuku, Tokyo — a four-floor, 1,837-square-meter space with a striking tiger-yellow concrete facade, floor-by-floor design themes, and a new amusement area on M2F.
Oriental Hotel Tokyo Bay in Urayasu, Chiba, is offering a new stay plan that lets guests try ReFa recovery wear, pillows, hair dryers, and other beauty and wellness items in their room, with reservations opening July 9 and stays beginning July 15, 2026, limited to three rooms per day.
Pilot Corporation is celebrating Pocket Mellchan's 5th anniversary with the new "Tokimeki♡Change! Poke Mel Compact," a portable case that transforms from a hair-color-changing dresser into a cafe, launching July 18, 2026, alongside a renewed doll lineup and new Mellchan towels.
FAIRYTAIL is releasing a fragrance collection inspired by the five Princesses of the original TV anime Princession Orchestra, available from July 7 at the DREAMING PRINCESS online store, Amazon, and Rakuten.
From July 7 to September 30, 2026, Rihga Royal Hotel Hiroshima's 1st-floor restaurant Dining Luore will serve two new shaved ice flavors, Mango & Hiroshima Lemon and Uji Matcha Kintoki, as a limited-time cafe menu available from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM.
Ahead of its renewal 10th anniversary in September 2026, Rihga Royal Hotel Kyoto is releasing two new stay plans from July 7 — a 10-room plan packed with up to 10 perks, and a suite room plan with welcome fruit, limited to three rooms per day.
Riichi City, an online mahjong game from Formirai Co., Ltd., is holding an encore collaboration with Danganronpa from July 10 to August 9, bringing back four collaboration characters and adding collaboration-exclusive in-game items.
ROKKO Forest Sound Museum on Mount Rokko will hold its Autumn & Halloween Fair from August 29 to November 13, 2026, featuring antique music box concerts, a music box workshop, and Halloween-themed photo spots in SIKI Garden.
BAREFOOT DREAMS' Butter Chic Collection makes its first appearance at Ron Herman Men's on July 11, offering a T-shirt, shorts, and jogger pants in black, cut in a relaxed silhouette from a remarkably soft, smooth-textured fabric.