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The keyboard keychain POCHIKEY now comes with cute add-on parts, on sale from mid-August 2026 at select Yodobashi Camera stores and online shops including Amazon, Yahoo! Shopping, and Rakuten Ichiba.
Prime 1 Studio's Ultimate Museum Masterline series adds a new white "Phantom Armor" colorway of the Justice Buster, Batman's anti-Justice League suit designed by Josh Nizzi, standing 88cm tall with pre-orders opening September 11th and release scheduled for February to May 2028.
To celebrate Puyo Puyo's 35th anniversary, Mitacle Block is releasing a collab lineup of build-it-yourself block figures featuring Arle, Carbuncle, and the game's other characters, along with the Puyo themselves — on sale for a limited time from September 11 to October 31, 2026 on the Mitacle Block official online store.
Quiz RPG: The World of Mystic Wiz has launched a collaboration with Onkyo Corporation, offering voice-equipped AOW01 MARK II wireless earphones featuring newly recorded voices from Dietrich, Lilm, and リフィル, with pre-orders open now through ONKYO DIRECT.
Accessory brand LAPUIS has collaborated with underwear brand Robert P.Miller on a chic, heart-shaped scrunchie, with online pre-orders opening September 11 ahead of in-store sales at CASSELINI Harajuku from September 19.
RODEO CROWNS WIDE BOWL is releasing a collaboration collection with the beloved comic duo Tom and Jerry on September 11 at RODEO CROWNS WIDE BOWL stores nationwide and on the WEBSTORE. The lineup blends playful comic artwork and denim details across tops, knitwear, and bags.
At Rokko Alpine Botanical Garden in Kobe, the rare mycoheterotrophic plant Ginryosomodoki has bloomed again, a sight so unpredictable it can go missing for years at a time.
Rudel Inc. has begun official service for SAKAMOTO DAYS Mission: Rogue Dawn, a new smartphone game based on TV anime SAKAMOTO DAYS that pairs a character training mode with rogue-lite action battles, launching September 11, 2026.
From September 12 to October 25, 2026, Sanuki Manno Park in Kagawa hosts its Aki Irodori Festa 2026, with 6,000 kochia turning Hanameguri no Oka crimson, 170,000 cosmos across six varieties, and a full lineup of weekend outdoor events.
S.C Lab, a Taiwanese tea spirits brand, is teaming up with two Tokyo bars for one-night-only cocktail events on September 21 and 22, 2026, while also offering tastings and original drinks at the TENOHA Tateshina Marche in Nagano from September 20 to 22.
CTW Inc.'s browser RPG Shakugan no Shana: Blaze Edge, based on the 20th-anniversary anime series Shakugan no Shana, begins official service on September 14, letting players raise Shana while exploring a new Shadow World not shown in the anime or original novels.
Anique Inc.'s pop culture cafe Share CAFE opens its Nagoya Central Park location on September 25, 2026 — the brand's third regional store after Fukuoka and Osaka — bringing anime and game collaboration cafes, original merchandise, and its signature menu to Nagoya's Sakae shopping district.