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Washinmura, a stay-able satoyama village in Futtsu, Chiba, reports that its 2026 wild firefly season concluded on July 5, marking the start of a quiet satoyama summer of evening fires, a wood-fired sauna, and time with its resident rescue cats.
Yamazaki Jitsugyo has released a new lineup of practical home goods, featuring a ceiling-hung laundry hanger bar, a duct rail-mounted laundry hanger bar, an airtight protein case with a valve seal, a U-shaped washstand rack, a flip-open slipper rack, and a magnetic bath lid dry hanger.
All-day dining "Compass" at Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers is holding the "Summer Hokkaido Fair, Dohoku (Rumoi & Soya)" from July 11 to October 16, 2026, featuring Wakkanai-born tako-shabu, Rumoi seafood, natural bluefin tuna nigiri sushi, snow crab, and red-flesh melon.
Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise is holding its "Ken Matsudaira Mamire Mamire Island: Summer Campaign" from July 18 to August 31, 2026, expanding the popular Ken Matsudaira Mamire Amusement Park into the Ken Matsudaira Mamire Mamire Amusement Park and adding a brand-new Ken Matsudaira Mamire Mamire Aquarium, with Ken Matsudaira himself visiting the park on July 30.
A brand-new nighttime market celebrating Yokosuka's music, craft beer, and local food culture opens for the first time on July 24, 2026, across the indoor and outdoor venues of Ichigo Yokosuka Port Market.
The smartphone game based on the hit TV anime series Yowamushi Pedal has crossed 200,000 pre-registrations, with a celebratory follow-and-repost campaign now underway on the official X account.
Gensen no Yado Yugawara Chiyoda-so, a hot spring inn in Yugawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, has launched a summer stay plan running from July 1 to September 30, 2026, that comes with a complimentary chilled ramune soda handed out at check-in.
Bleston Court Yukawatan, the main dining restaurant at Hoshino Resorts' Karuizawa Hotel Bleston Court, is serving a summer-only course from July 3 to September 7, 2026, built around its "Water Gibier" concept. The menu features eel terrine with a seasonal rice salad, Shinano Yukimasu trout with fennel espuma, and charcoal-grilled kid goat, alongside a terrace apéro experience surrounded by greenery.
Taito has set a March 18, 2027 release date for "Yuukyuu Gensoukyoku 2nd Album Revival," a Nintendo Switch remake featuring renewed character graphics by original designer moo, plus a special edition bundling a bonus disc, art book, and more.
aimme's Tokyo Harajuku and Ikebukuro stores are running a limited-time Mama Furisode event from July 18 to 31, offering special contract benefits for customers planning to wear a mother's inherited furisode for their coming-of-age ceremony or photo shoot.
aimme Tokyo Ikebukuro, a furisode and graduation hakama rental store, is running a July 2026 campaign that gives customers who purchase an album a complimentary one-dress photo session.
From July 11 to September 23, 2026, Akame 48 Falls in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, strings about 2,000 wind chimes along its gorge trail between the entrance and Fudo Falls, adding a cool, photogenic summer touch to one of Mie's signature waterfall spots.