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Pre-registration for e Record of Ragnarok has launched on the free smartphone pachinko and pachislot app 777Real, with the game set to release on June 30, 2026.
From July 1 to July 16, 2026, Hankyu Umeda Main Store's 4th-floor Sneaker Edit hosts EDIT FOR SUMMER, a sandal collection spotlighting the latest styles from UNITED NUDE and 4CCCCEES.
Finland-based textile designer and illustrator Eri Shimatsuka will attend her ongoing exhibition at the Forest and Flower Picture Book Museum Garden Lei in Sera, Hiroshima, on June 27 and 28, 2026, for an in-gallery talk and limited Finnish-style cinnamon roll sales.
The official Neon Genesis Evangelion store is teaming up with Buyee to distribute limited-edition acrylic clear cards to international shoppers, with the campaign kicking off on July 1, 2026.
Fairfield by Marriott Hokkaido Eniwa is hosting a guided garden tour and hands-on workshop at Hanafuru on July 26, 2026, featuring lavender picking and dried flower crafting for hotel guests.
FiOLATTE, the latte sweets specialty brand at Shinagawa Station, releases a new limited-time galette filled with a gently chewy matcha filling, available in a 6-piece box from July 1, 2026.
Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi is offering a lineup of seasonal sweets and drinks this summer as part of the Asia-wide "101 Days of Summer" campaign, running from May 29 to September 6, 2026.
Virtual men's idol group FouRTe Project is releasing a new lineup of character goods through Movic, along with an online fair at Animate and Movic shops where customers receive a bonus bromide for every 1,100 yen spent on pre-orders from June 24 to July 12, 2026.
Tokio Gets Co., Ltd. has launched pre-orders for newly drawn illustration merchandise from the anime Gals Can't Be Kind to Otaku!? through their original brand Wachachatoys, featuring Kotoko Ijichi and Kei Amane holding summer flowers, available until June 30, 2026.
A signing session featuring Kohske, the author of the popular manga Gangsta., will be held on July 4, 2026 at Gallery Zenon in Kichijoji, Tokyo. 50 participants will be selected by lottery through TicketMe.
Seibu-en Amusement Park in Tokorozawa, Saitama is hosting "Gegege no Yuenchi Part 2," a second collaboration event with the anime film The Birth of Kitaro The Mystery of GeGeGe, running from July 17 to September 13, 2026. Featuring newly drawn visuals by the film's character designer Touko Yatabe, the event includes a mystery rally, carnival games, collaboration food, exclusive merchandise, and special recording-only voice performances.
Starting July 17, 2026, GENDY in Ginza will offer The Premium Bitter Caramel Madeleine in limited daily quantities, with reservations opening at the store from June 26.