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Oami Co., Ltd., operator of the major figure and hobby retailer amiami, is introducing the Pikuria Acrylic Frame TOY Box Ver. through its merchandise brand amie — a new blister-pack-style frame sized to hold Pikuria series pieces, available in six colors at ¥1,815 each with a release scheduled for November 2026.
Assouline, a Paris-founded luxury brand built around the theme of culture, opens on Wednesday, August 19, at the HANKYU LUXURY International Boutiques on the 6th floor of Hankyu Umeda Main Store.
arma bianca has opened pre-orders at AMNIBUS, its online store for original anime and manga character goods, for a new lineup of Blue Archive × Sengawa Yukemuri no Sato collaboration merchandise featuring Tsubaki, Kaede, Pina, and other Hyakkiyako Alliance Academy and Gehenna Academy characters.
From September 1, 2026, BOUROU LAKE TOYA at Lake Toya Onsen in Hokkaido will serve a new autumn-only dinner menu built around in-season Hokkaido produce, and the Lake Toya Long Run Fireworks Festival also runs through October 31.
Osaka-based QRAUD opens かにじぇんぬ 金沢, a live-crab restaurant, in Kanazawa's Nishi Chaya geisha district on September 7, 2026, its first Hokuriku location, featuring Ishikawa crab, Kaga vegetables, and a course paired with a geisha dance performance.
Az Maker is running the CharaON After Comiket 108 pop-up store at Culpop in Akihabara from August 22 to September 6, 2026, offering hand-picked Comic Market 108 merchandise from Rent-A-Girlfriend, Ruri Rocks, Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table, Mistress Kanan is Devilishly Easy, and I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class.
E-COME GROUP is releasing a new goods collection inspired by Disney's Winnie the Pooh and friends from late September, featuring bags, pouches, and eco bags in honey-toned colors and retro pop patterns.
Creative Plus has released official LINE stickers and a LINE theme for the TV anime Eren the Southpaw, the story of a would-be genius and a lonely genius whose paths keep crossing.
Weekday visitors to the Nagoya venue of the Evangelion 30th anniversary exhibition "ALL OF EVANGELION" can receive a free original postcard, and Osu Shopping Street is now decorated with newly drawn pilot banners.
Hobby Search has opened pre-orders for "Evangelion Osechi 2027," a two-tier New Year meal box developed by De Agostini Japan and osechi maker Yamafuku, with dishes themed on Neon Genesis Evangelion's units and pilots plus an A.T. Field-pattern furoshiki and Lance of Longinus pick.
British footwear brand FitFlop, distributed in Japan by Doshisha, has teamed up with global color authority Pantone on a new collection exploring the connection between color, comfort, and movement, spanning sneakers, ballerina flats, and Mary Janes.
Tokyo Tonkatsu Gavuu, whose original location earned the fastest selection among the 26 restaurants newly added to Tabelog's Top 100 Tonkatsu list, has opened a second location in Harajuku, Tokyo, pairing a lunch teishoku menu with a fully reserved dinner course of at least 15 dishes that closes with a bowl of ramen.