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GO☆GO☆CAFE! on Harajuku's Takeshita Street has released "HARAJUKU Paradise," the second collaboration menu built around Ozax's sparkling frozen drink ICEE, available from July 30 through August 31, 2026. The all-blue creation pairs Blue Raspberry ICEE with yogurt sauce and a colorful topping of gummies, kompeito, and jelly.
CAVE Interactive Co., Ltd. has launched Midsummer Memories -Maritime Patrol for Lovers-, the first of its major summer events in the shooting RPG Gothic wa Mahou Otome -Contract with me, right away!-, running from July 30, 2026, alongside a lineup of 2026 summer login bonuses, gacha, and campaigns.
General housewares maker Hack Co., Ltd. is relaunching its popular wagon-shaped Popcorn Maker, which has sold 20,000 units to date, from August 2026, alongside two newly launched manual food choppers, the Pull Chopper and the Push-Only 3-Way Chopper 1.2L.
funovo and Will have installed interior window panels that recreate the Former British Consulate Hakodate and traditional Japanese patterns using 3D printing in Will's new model house "CUBE+C," aiming to reproduce one-of-a-kind antique-style fixtures at dramatically lower cost.
From July 29 to August 16, 2026, Hankyu Umeda Main Store's basement food floors present "Hankyu Summer Homecoming Gifts," featuring ready-to-serve Obon feasts, cooling sweets, and Hankyu-exclusive treats well suited as gifts for family and friends.
Hide, a manga and storyboard artist who lives with three cats, has teamed up with Village Vanguard for a limited collaboration goods collection, with pre-orders open at the Village Vanguard Online Store from July 31 through August 18, 2026.
Hotel New Otani Makuhari is offering the sixth installment of its mystery-solving stay plan series, a hotel-wide puzzle game that has drawn more than 700 guests since it launched in 2021, available through September 30, 2026.
For a limited run in August and September 2026, Hotel New Otani Makuhari's Shell Pool is offering a new "Pool Inclusive Plan," bundling night pool admission with a choice of three add-on tiers, from drinks to premium poolside seating.
Chugai Mining's Content Business is bringing new THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS merchandise to Comiket 108 on August 15 and 16, 2026, including cheering mufflers and acrylic clips for all 28 idols, a rucksack, and an acrylic art panel, at its booth at Tokyo Big Sight.
Ikuta Shrine in Kobe is offering five limited-edition goshuin through August 2026, ranging from delicate papercut designs to an etched "Light of Waves" print, while its sub-shrine Daikai Jinja hosts the three-day Daikai Natsu Matsuri summer festival from August 7 to 9 with live music and food stalls.
The smartphone game Isekai Kitchen has launched a new pickup gacha featuring ★3 Mirra (Swimsuit), with her appearance rate increased for a limited time.
A new book, "Japanese Manga Magazines: From the Late Edo Period to the Immediate Postwar Period — YUMOTO Koichi Collection," traces how Japan's manga magazines evolved from political satire and the "Ponchi" culture, through Ippei Okamoto's work and an era of press censorship, into the manga culture of today, illustrated with numerous images from a rare collection. The bilingual Japanese-English book, translated by Tamayo Samejima, goes on sale August 21.