Ecute Omiya and Omiya North's second annual chili pepper fair runs July 21 to August 2, 2026, featuring 18 station-exclusive dishes made with 11 varieties of Saitama-grown chili pepper, including rare fresh domestic peppers and new chili-chocolate sweets.
From September 1, 2026 to February 28, 2027, HOSHINOYA Okinawa will offer "Ryukyu Fermentation Stay," a two-night, three-day wellness program that uses Okinawan fermented ingredients such as kashijee to help reset the body after summer heat.
From September 1, the buffet restaurant Chef's Live Kitchen at Hotel InterContinental Tokyo Bay presents an "Autumn Hokkaido Gourmet & Shine Muscat" lunch and dinner buffet, featuring weekday all-you-can-eat red snow crab, Hokkaido king crab and abalone teppanyaki, hand-pressed sushi, and an all-you-can-eat Shine Muscat and fresh Mont Blanc dessert spread.
A new izakaya, "Zenya Tenjin Nishidori," opens in Fukuoka's Tenjin Nishidori area on July 24, 2026, offering all-you-can-eat oden with every visit alongside Hakata motsunabe, fresh seafood, and sashimi.
Awaji Island Cheese Factory, known for housemade fresh cheese crafted from milk delivered every morning by local dairy farmers, relocates to the hot spring resort Aqua Ignis Awaji Island on August 3, 2026, opening its first dinner service in a dining room where every seat looks out over the Seto Inland Sea.
On July 15, 2026, the Kozagawa Town Tourism Association is lighting up the national natural monument Mushikui-iwa in yellow for a single night, while the roadside station Michinoeki Mushikuiiwa opens after dark so visitors can pick up local yuzu drinks, gibier, and honey.