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Revlon is releasing the PhotoReady Instant P. Serum, a limited-quantity lip color in 6 shades, on August 10, 2026. Built around a "Fire & Ice Complex™" of warming and cooling ingredients, it's designed to give lips a plump, dewy-looking finish with a serum-like texture.
RIMOWA's shop in the Bag Gallery on the 2nd floor of Hankyu Umeda Main Store reopens on August 5, 2026 with a more spacious layout, a new client care space for on-site repairs, a hot stamping service, and a new Ink Blue color for its Groove leather bag collection.
PYURU Co., Ltd., the cosmetics OEM/ODM maker behind the Rishiri hair color series that has sold more than 37 million bottles, is renewing its Rishiri Color Treatment with a boost in dye power and hair-repair effect, adding a new Maroon Brown shade for a five-color lineup from October 1, 2026.
Smartphone strategy idle RPG Rogue with the Dead has surpassed 2 million downloads worldwide, and starting July 31, 2026, developer room6 is launching "2 Million DL NEXT JOURNEY," its first long-term campaign of daily login bonuses and in-game events leading up to a new 2027 story.
SIKI Garden at Rokko Musical Box Museum & Gardens MORINONE will hold its Autumn Season from August 29 to November 30, 2026, with fall foliage beginning in late October, a seed-picking workshop, and Halloween-themed photo spots.
Saitama Prefecture's pear and grape season is underway, with local producers taking the most awards at Japan's National Pear Championship for three years running, plus the first-ever Saitama Morning-Picked Grape Festival at Omiya Station on August 29 and 30, 2026.
For the fifth installment of a year-long campaign built around August 2 "Baby Star Day," Oyatsu Company teams up with Ganso Manshu Nira Ramen Sakaeya Honten in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, to serve ベビにら, a limited-time ramen topped with Baby Star noodles, from July 30 to August 5, 2026, with a free pack of Baby Star Ramen for everyone who orders it.
An exhibition marking 30 years of the Sakura Wars franchise will be held in Yurakucho, Tokyo and Kyoto, featuring rare setting materials and displays that fans won't want to miss, along with commemorative merchandise available for purchase on site.
Sankeien Garden in Yokohama will open the interior of Kakushoukaku, a Yokohama City Designated Tangible Cultural Property and the former residence of founder Hara Sankei, from August 9 to 16, 2026, alongside a free rubbing-making workshop and a geisha dance performance.
Oku-Yugawara Onsen Sansuirou SANSUIROU in Kanagawa is holding a 10-day "Summer Festival Event" from August 7 to 16, 2026, with yo-yo fishing, cotton candy, shaved ice, and more for guests staying over the Obon holidays.
Santa Maria Novella, the storied Florentine fragrance house known as the world's oldest pharmacy, opens a new store on the third floor of JR Nagoya Takashimaya on August 1, marked by a two-day bottle engraving event.
From Friday, July 31 to Sunday, August 23, 2026, Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium is giving its Japanese squirrels their annual vegetable ice treats and, new this year, giving Asian small-clawed otters shaved ice of their own, offering the animals cool relief from summer heat while visitors watch their playful reactions.