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Strings Hotel Nagoya's Okinawa & Hawaii-themed resort buffet, running from July 1 to August 31, 2026, is adding special summer holiday programming this year, including Hawaiian hula dance shows plus hands-on shell painting and herbarium-making workshops for the whole family.
From July 24 to 26, 2026, Summer Festa IN KORIYAMA 2026 transforms the street in front of JR Koriyama Station into one of eastern Japan's largest beer gardens, featuring 58 restaurants and food trucks, two music stages, new paid reserved seating, and family-friendly festival games.
To celebrate TIGER & BUNNY's 15th anniversary, HOTEL NEW OTANI (Tokyo) is launching a fourth collaboration accommodation plan from August 16 to November 15, 2026, featuring an anniversary champagne set, original voice recordings, and exclusive take-home goods.
A limited-time pop-up shop inside Tokyo Character Street at Tokyo Station offers early sales of new tumblers, glasses cases, pouches, and stickers featuring Tiny Tales: Stop Motion Shorts characters Knyacki!, Robot Pulta, Jam the Housnail, and Capelito, starting July 10, 2026.
VALEUR Futako-tamagawa, the second shop from GEO Group's OKURA specializing in luxury vintage watches, bags, and jewelry, opens on July 7, 2026, following the brand's first location in Omotesando.
Amiami is now accepting pre-orders for 1/6 scale completed figures of Setsuna Ogiso and Kazusa Touma from White Album 2, based on the "Reunion" artwork by Takeshi Nakamura from MAGI ARTS. Each figure is priced at ¥24,200 (tax included), with release scheduled for April 2027.
AMNIBUS, an online store specializing in anime and manga merchandise, has started accepting pre-orders for 17 product lines from the TV anime Witch Hat Atelier, including Trading Matte Can Badges, Trading Scene Photo Foil-Stamped Cards, Trading Scene Photo Bromides, and more.
AmiAmi is now accepting pre-orders for the first Wuthering Waves Nemunemu Series Chibi Figure Complete BOX from Hobby sakura, bundling sleepy, deformed figures of Phoebe, Zani, Carlotta, Roccia, Brant, and Cantarella, with each figure also available individually and a scheduled release of April 2027.
Yagokoro Sake Bar Jizake no Yakata, a shop where visitors can taste and choose Shinshu sake to take home, reopens July 11, 2026 in Hirugami Onsen, Achi Village — giving stargazing visitors more to enjoy before and after taking in Japan's best starry sky.
Following the June 26 release of their new EP and the July 1 launch of an in-game crossover, YOASOBI has unveiled an official music video for "Orion," the song written for Overwatch's new Tokyo storyline.
Gadget accessory brand A SCENE and pet lifestyle brand MELL are releasing their first joint collection — a dog lead, a paracord strap, and an eco bag — in limited quantities from July 6, 2026, with a pre-launch event at Osaka cafe heys on July 4.
Through July 31, Aloft Tokyo Ginza's W XYZ Bar offers "A Journey of Nikka Whisky," a limited-time tasting promotion inspired by Nikka Whisky founder Masataka Taketsuru that lets guests explore Japanese whisky without leaving Ginza.