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Osaka confectionery brand Gokan launches "Kyaramoko Uma!!" on August 1, 2026, a dacquoise made with two kinds of almonds, black soybean kinako, and kudzu starch, filled with housemade caramel cream and sold at Entree Marche Shin-Osaka Chuo-guchi inside Shin-Osaka Station.
Jindaiji Shokubunka Henshu-shitsu in Chofu City, Tokyo, is launching "Kakudaishi Dorayaki," a treat inspired by the yakuyoke figure Kakudaishi, on weekends and public holidays from July 18, 2026. The dorayaki was planned by four women in their late 40s and early 50s who reskilled in food culture at Kyoto University of the Arts, and is made by the 115-year-old Nagasaki confectionery shop Okita.
Wagokoro Co., Ltd. is set to open Yufuin Kinrinko Kanzashiya Wargo, a new kanzashi (hair ornament) specialty store, in the Kinrinko area of Yufu City, Oita Prefecture, in late July 2026. The store will be the brand's third location in the Yufuin Kinrinko area, joining Yufuin Kinrinko Hokusai Graphic and Yufuin Kinrinko musumusu.
Kobe Port Tower and Dick Bruna TABLE add Miffy tote bags, keyholders, stickers, and other Day and Night themed goods, plus new collaboration food and a city-wide stamp rally, to their Kobe Waterfront summer event running July 30 to September 30, 2026.
Okamedo, a long-standing wagashi shop in Toyohashi, Aichi, brings back its summer-only jonamagashi "Uchiage Hanabi 6-Renpatsu," born during the pandemic and a hit with about 5,000 sold last year, with online pre-sales from mid-July and limited in-store sales from August.
Shimamasu Honpo has launched the "Uchinaa T-Shirt," an original design by Okinawa-based art director Kyoko Shimabukuro that reworks the "Shimamasu" salt brand logo into an everyday fashion piece, now available at San-A stores across Okinawa.