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The Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel (セルリアンタワー東急ホテル) in Shibuya will hold its New Year Events 2027 on Friday, January 1 and Saturday, January 2, 2027, featuring a lion dance, the new kabuki dance Renjishi, Noh and rakugo performances, and rickshaw rides.
Expo'70 Commemorative Park holds its Autumn Leaves Festival from November 7 to 29, 2026, with a special opening of tea rooms in the Japanese Garden, matcha and wagashi service, a park taxi tour, an autumn bonsai exhibition, and morning yoga.
Felissimo's Oterabu (おてらぶ) has created limited collaboration goods for the Daitokuji special exhibition at Heiseikan, Tokyo National Museum in Ueno Park, running from October 14 to December 6, 2026, and sold only at the exhibition's special shop.
A new project at Higashi Honganji in Kyoto focuses on the temple's six nationally designated Important Cultural Property gates, with a multilingual website opening October 30, 2026, exclusive goods on sale from October 31, and an official English guided tour that ends with a sutra-copying workshop.
From December 21, 2026 to February 2, 2027, Hoshinoya Tokyo in Otemachi offers a one-night "Ichiyo Raifuku Hot Spring Good-Luck Stay" with a sword dance (kenbu) lesson, a saline hot spring bath, a "Kaiun Deep Breathing" session 160 m above ground, and kumihimo braiding, at ¥63,050 for one guest or ¥106,100 for two (accommodation fee separate).
Ichihatasan Yakushiji in Aichi Prefecture will begin distributing its November-only gold foil goshuin on Sunday, November 1, 2026. The two designs feature Monju Bosatsu (文殊菩薩), associated with academic success, and Bikara Taisho (毘伽羅大将), one of the Twelve Divine Generals, at ¥500 each.