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Konami Amusement's newest Smart Pachislot machine, Sengoku Collection 6, starts rolling out to halls across Japan today, bringing an evolved warlord system alongside a launch campaign offering QUO Card Pay prizes.
Seven-Eleven Japan teams up with Cheerio Japan on "Seven Premium Gumikaku Life Guard Flavor," a square gummy with a crunchy-chewy texture built around the long-selling Life Guard soda's distinctive taste, arriving at Seven-Eleven stores nationwide from July 7.
Starting July 6, 2026, 777TOWN.net, the PC-based pachinko and pachislot online game operated by Sammy Networks, adds the app for 忍魂弐 ～烈火ノ章～, with a paid membership campaign offering in-game items running through July 26.
To celebrate the first anniversary of Blended Japanese Whisky SOGAINI, a limited quantity of bottles will come bundled with an original can-shaped "SOGAINI Can Glass" starting September 10.
Strings Hotel Nagoya's Okinawa & Hawaii-themed resort buffet, running from July 1 to August 31, 2026, is adding special summer holiday programming this year, including Hawaiian hula dance shows plus hands-on shell painting and herbarium-making workshops for the whole family.
From July 24 to 26, 2026, Summer Festa IN KORIYAMA 2026 transforms the street in front of JR Koriyama Station into one of eastern Japan's largest beer gardens, featuring 58 restaurants and food trucks, two music stages, new paid reserved seating, and family-friendly festival games.
To celebrate TIGER & BUNNY's 15th anniversary, HOTEL NEW OTANI (Tokyo) is launching a fourth collaboration accommodation plan from August 16 to November 15, 2026, featuring an anniversary champagne set, original voice recordings, and exclusive take-home goods.
A limited-time pop-up shop inside Tokyo Character Street at Tokyo Station offers early sales of new tumblers, glasses cases, pouches, and stickers featuring Tiny Tales: Stop Motion Shorts characters Knyacki!, Robot Pulta, Jam the Housnail, and Capelito, starting July 10, 2026.
VALEUR Futako-tamagawa, the second shop from GEO Group's OKURA specializing in luxury vintage watches, bags, and jewelry, opens on July 7, 2026, following the brand's first location in Omotesando.
Amiami is now accepting pre-orders for 1/6 scale completed figures of Setsuna Ogiso and Kazusa Touma from White Album 2, based on the "Reunion" artwork by Takeshi Nakamura from MAGI ARTS. Each figure is priced at ¥24,200 (tax included), with release scheduled for April 2027.
AMNIBUS, an online store specializing in anime and manga merchandise, has started accepting pre-orders for 17 product lines from the TV anime Witch Hat Atelier, including Trading Matte Can Badges, Trading Scene Photo Foil-Stamped Cards, Trading Scene Photo Bromides, and more.
AmiAmi is now accepting pre-orders for the first Wuthering Waves Nemunemu Series Chibi Figure Complete BOX from Hobby sakura, bundling sleepy, deformed figures of Phoebe, Zani, Carlotta, Roccia, Brant, and Cantarella, with each figure also available individually and a scheduled release of April 2027.