Nakasu Hakata-bune, the only yakatabune houseboat in Fukuoka City, is set to begin serving a new mizutaki hot pot made with Kyushu-grown Hanamidori chicken, created in collaboration with Trizen Foods, the company behind the Hakata Hanamidori brand, and paired with the boat's original ponzu sauce.
Nichijo Seisakusho has launched a CAMPFIRE crowdfunding campaign to open YOHAKU SALON, a reservation-only satoyama afternoon tea salon in a renovated old farmhouse in Yamazoe Village, Nara Prefecture, built around local wakocha and seasonal ingredients.
Abeno Harukas Kintetsu Main Store hosts the Tokushima edition of its Harukas Nippon Expo from September 23 to 29, 2026, featuring a hands-on Awa Odori dance event, a gourmet fair where 8 of 13 participating brands make their first Kintetsu appearance, full-size ceramic-board reproductions of works by Vermeer, Leonardo da Vinci, and Van Gogh from the Otsuka Museum of Art, and Tokushima's traditional indigo-dye crafts.
From October 2 to 4, 2026, Osaka's Namba Square hosts "SHiNWA ni Negai wo — Craft the Future," a three-day event bringing Namahage drummers from Akita, roughly 1,400-year-old Konparu school Noh, and about 400 years of Osaka daikagura and lion dance to the plaza, alongside regional food stalls and a hands-on lantern-painting workshop.
Onomichi-based Shimanami Brewery has released a new craft-brewing-technique-driven iyokan citrus sour, the latest addition to its "Cho-Sour" series.
On Sunday, October 18, 2026, Hotel Oriental Express Kagoshima Tenmonkan holds its first-ever sweets buffet at 13th-floor restaurant BLUE KITCHEN, lining up more than 30 items built around sweet potato, chestnut, and pumpkin, with views of Sakurajima.