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Fashion brand antiqua has opened pre-orders for its 2026 fall/winter outerwear collection, offering an original bag as a free gift, available only through this promotion, to customers who reserve select pieces from the 10-style lineup while supplies last.
Attack on Titan: Brave Order, the mobile RPG based on the anime Attack on Titan, has launched a new event, "The Boy Who Wanted to Know Freedom," starting August 6, 2026, along with a new gacha featuring Mikasa Ackerman, Armin Arlert, and Eren Yeager, plus the addition of Chapters 40 and 41.
The 4th Awaji Island COSPLAY ~Awacos~ Powered by World Cosplay Summit is set to take place on Monday, October 12, 2026, at the Nijigen no Mori anime park on Awaji Island, welcoming cosplayers and photographers from across Japan and around the world.
On October 16, 2026, ZEROTOKYO in Shinjuku's Kabukicho hosts the fourth installment of "THE ONE," bringing Swedish House Mafia's Axwell to the club for a night of house and progressive house music.
Daimaru Tokyo's sweets floor welcomes Bankaku Sohonpo's new "LOVE ikaty! TOKYO" squid chips, making their first appearance nationwide, alongside the pop-up-exclusive "LOVE ebby! TOKYO" shrimp chips and a realistic vegetable-shaped sweet bread from Korean brand JUNGNAMMI.
Hobby sakura's 1/7 scale completed figure of Hot Summer Dream Justia from BrownDust2 is now available for pre-order at AmiAmi, priced at 25,300 yen (tax included) with a release scheduled for August 2027.
Summer Cool: Cloud Sea Retreat returns to Umekita Park in Grand Green Osaka from August 10 to 27, 2026, bringing back its giant mist display and neuro-music soundscape while adding a mobile vending robot that sells drinks and triggers special effects.
JR Central Group and Marriott International have set the opening date and hotel reservation start date for Courtyard by Marriott Kyoto Station, a new 270-room hotel near Kyoto Station's Hachijo East Exit.
DKB, whose Japan debut was recently announced, is teaming up with labelmate MXV for a two-man live on August 23, bringing together two Japan-Korea boys groups for a night of collaborative performances.
Under a new plan to preserve the area's historic character, Sakai City in Fukui Prefecture has designated the Kubota Sake Brewery Garden and the storied Sakai family residence as its first two "Buildings Forming Historic Character" — a first for the prefecture.
Nijigen Cospa is releasing full-color T-shirts with an exclusive aurora hologram sticker featuring Saki Hanami, Temari Tsukimura, Kotone Fujita, Lilja Katsuragi, and Sumika Shiun from Gakuen Idolmaster, on sale during the pre-sale final for the LIVE TOUR -標- Final Performance, from August 6 to 16, 2026 via Asobi Store.
Gift Fumofumo Plush Series Shop 2026 Summer runs at AmiAmi Akihabara Radio Kaikan Store from August 7 to 23, 2026, featuring plush toys from Touhou Project, Gakuen Idolmaster, and Azur Lane, with items slated for the Comic Market 108 Gift booth also going on sale from August 15.