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The La Prairie Official Online Store has opened, offering the Skin Caviar Collection, online-exclusive skincare sets, and a 15% off first-purchase coupon for new newsletter subscribers.
Licca-chan's ON/OFF Exhibition runs from December 2 to 25, 2026, at the 7th Floor Hall of Daimaru Sapporo, with every exhibit open for photos and videos.
The mobile RPG Lineage M will open the limited-time server "Einhasad" on October 14, 2026, offering a +1,000% experience bonus. A pre-registration character creation campaign and a follow and repost campaign have already started.
An offline event for the avatar app Livly Island, Livly Island OPEN LAB. 2026, will be held at LUMINE 0 in NEWoMan SHINJUKU from November 20 to 24, 2026. Ticket reservations opened on September 30.
Danish lighting brand Louis Poulsen will open its Nagoya Store at Midland Square on November 11, 2026, with a planned opening talk session and a limited-edition PH 2/1 Table Lamp in unpainted brass.
Love Type (ラブタイプ診断), a free love-type quiz with over 100 million cumulative diagnoses, has turned its 16 characters into approximately 11 cm plush mascots, available since September 26, 2026 as crane game prizes at select Namco stores and on Namco Online Crane.
MEZAME VALLEY, a park taking shape in Oyabe, Yokosuka, on land used as an ammunition depot since 1939, has opened its official brand site. A 24-session Miura clan "storyteller" training course is now accepting applications.
The roadside station Michi-no-Eki "Umi no Kyoto Miyazu" in Miyazu, Kyoto reopens on October 1 (Thursday), 2026 with a refreshed Magokoro Ichi market, a renewed Minato Shokudo Shiosai eatery serving a new "white" seafood hitsumabushi, and reopening campaigns running October 1 to 4.
The Miffy zakka Festa (2026 New Version) will be held in Nara Prefecture for the first time at Kintetsu Department Store Nara from October 7 to 13, 2026. Over 800 Miffy goods, event-exclusive items and an apple tree photo spot are among the attractions, and admission is free.
Pre-orders for goods from the anime MILKY☆SUBWAY THE GALACTIC LIMITED EXPRESS, featuring the Chipokke illustration series with a Jersey Maid theme, run from September 30 to October 21, 2026. Release is planned for late December 2026.
Minamichita Beachland in Aichi Prefecture will exhibit a clown triggerfish, a tropical fish caught in Mikawa Bay, from October 1 to 12, 2026. It is the first time the facility has taken in the species. The exhibit is free of charge, though separate facility admission is required.
The Ver.1.4 major update for the smartphone and PC action RPG MONGIL: STAR DIVE adds the new 5-star character Isabella, Episode 7, a new area, new content and half anniversary events.