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From September 14 to November 30, 2026, Yokohama Grand InterContinental Hotel's Lounge & Bar "Marine Blue" is serving a limited-time Shine Muscat and Pear Afternoon Tea featuring seasonal fruit sweets, autumn savory bites, and chestnut scones.
Zojirushi's new 200mL Stainless Steel Soup Jar (SW-NA20), launching September 1, is compact enough to slip into a bag alongside a bento, and its Thermo Ring structure keeps soup or miso soup above 62°C for six hours.
SLD Co., Ltd. has added a new lineup of seven thick, fluffy French toast dishes at #802 CAFE&DINER Shibuya, ranging from four brulee-style sweet versions to three savory plates served only at dinner.
National Alps Azumino Park's Horigane-Hotaka district in Nagano is hosting Gyogyo-ten, a fish exhibition displaying roughly 200 species of taxidermy, specimens, and replicas — from goblin sharks and hammerheads to deep-sea creatures like anglerfish, frilled sharks, and coelacanths — through Sunday, August 23, 2026.
French luxury fashion house AMI PARIS has opened its largest store in Japan on the 2nd floor of Shinsaibashi PARCO in Osaka, offering a 154-square-meter space stocked with its 2026 fall/winter collection alongside womenswear, menswear, and accessories.
CRAVIA Co., Ltd. has opened 玉光堂 AEON Mall Tsukuba, the first Japanese franchise store for the popular Korean lifestyle brand ARTBOX, inside AEON Mall Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture.
From July 24 to August 26, 2026, sock brand Ayatori and fragrance brand Haya take over the rotating exhibitor spot at Creators Shop Loop in Nadya Park, Nagoya, each hosting a hands-on workshop during the run.
From September 1 to November 30, 2026, Biwako Marriott Hotel's restaurant Grill & Dining G is offering "Pick & Enjoy Lunch Autumn," a lunch combining a choice of main dish with a deli salad buffet built around seasonal Shiga ingredients such as apple, chestnut, and mushroom.
From August 8 to September 6, 2026, Yokohama English Garden teams up with TV anime BLUE LOCK for a large-scale collaboration featuring garden-wide character decorations, a specially opened Private Garden, limited merchandise, and original character-themed drinks and desserts.
Artist Chiaki Ishimatsu presents her first-ever giclée fine art reproductions, several finished with gold foil in limited editions, at Art & Frame on the 6th floor of Isetan Shinjuku's Main Building from August 5 to August 18, 2026.
Uema Kashiten is turning the popular Chiikawa x SUPPAIMAN collaboration design — Chiikawa, Hachiware, and Usagi dressed as SUPPAIMAN — into merchandise for the first time, with five items across 12 varieties including T-shirts, keychains, and mascots arriving August 7, 2026.
DMM GAMES' fantasy RPG FLOWER KNIGHT GIRL receives an update on August 3, 2026, introducing the new event The Witch Who Inherits the Sacred Tree, along with new gacha characters and character quests.