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Steakhouse Volks's Kitayama-dori location in Kyoto's Kita Ward reopened on July 27, 2026 as a Rich Salad Bar store, one of 10 such locations nationwide, with an expanded salad bar, fresh-baked bread, a new drink bar, and two opening-commemorative specials featuring Kuroge Wagyu and harami steak.
YAMATO Lab.'s pop-up event Yadotsunagi — Memories of a Stay, the Sound of Geta Echoing — runs at Kinosaki Onsen from August 1 and at YAMATO Lab. TOKYO in Kagurazaka from August 7, 2026, showcasing items reworked from yukata donated by 14 Kinosaki ryokan.
Yoho Brewing's new "Fruit Detajan," a Belgian white beer brewed with orange and pink grapefruit juice, goes on sale in cans exclusively at FamilyMart nationwide from July 28. Draft versions will also be served at "YONA YONA BEER WORKS" locations, "YONA YONA TOKYO BREWERY," and the brewery's Osaka taproom.
From August 1 to August 30, 2026, Yokohama VIVRE is hosting the HAPPY KAWAII Matsuri, bringing together character greetings, limited-time pop-up shops, novelty and purchase bonus campaigns, workshops, and an app-member-exclusive shopping ticket giveaway across the mall's anime, character, and hobby shops.
Yukimon, a small ice cream shop cherished by locals in Kitakyushu, opened a new store inside AMAZING SPOT MOJIKO in Fukuoka's Moji-ko district on July 24, 2026, introducing a fresh "craft ice cream" concept along with flavors available only at this location.
The seafood restaurant in Kyoto's Karasuma area, formerly known as "Yumedokoro Ryoshi Meshi Zakoya," relaunches as "Zakoya Honten" on July 29, with free "Shijimi Shukan" samples for the first 100 guests to celebrate.
Altra's Olympus 275 HiLo trail running shoe arrives on July 24, 2026, with a lighter, softer Altra EGO MAX midsole and a Vibram Megagrip outsole featuring new TractionLug traction for technical terrain.
ASAKUSA HANAYASHIKI is rolling out a range of summer heat countermeasures, including a new water play plaza, heat-reducing paint on attractions, mist and shade stations, staff care programs, and extended evening hours from August 1 to 23, 2026.
Kashiwa Takashimaya is hosting its first-ever Chiikawa POP UP STORE, held alongside a Nagano Market POP UP SHOP, from July 23 through August 12, 2026, with pop-up-exclusive merchandise and purchase bonuses on offer.
Bakery Comme'N TOKYO and INFINI, a patisserie run by chef Fumiyuki Kanai in the same Kuhonbutsu neighborhood, are releasing their second collaboration together, a limited-edition treat called "œuf bâton" in two new flavors, available from August 1 to October 31, 2026 at Comme'N TOKYO and Comme'N STAND.
Crash Fever, the mobile game from WonderPlanet, is teaming up with the hit anime Fairy Tail, bringing a limited-time collaboration gacha and exclusive quests that let players add the series' characters to their roster.
Infinite Loop has released "Calculator - Desktop Mate Widgets," a digital calculator app and sister release to the desktop mascot platform Desktop Mate, on July 22, 2026, alongside a same-day Hatsune Miku DLC, with more Vocaloid character packs planned for August.