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With SKY ART FESTIVAL 2026 just three days away, large-scale stage construction is progressing at Shirarahama Beach in Shirahama, Wakayama, turning the familiar beach into a one-day resort entertainment venue with live music, a sunset, and 8,000 musical fireworks.
Sega has confirmed that the large-scale expansion S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope for GSC Game World's survival horror shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl will launch on Thursday, August 20, 2026, bringing dozens of hours of new gameplay across two new regions.
Ahead of the August 20, 2026 release of STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT, 30 stores across Akihabara will host an "Akiba Jack" campaign from August 17 to September 6, complete with themed store banners and free postcards, alongside a free YouTube livestream on August 15 featuring a mini live by Kanako Ito and a staff talk MC'd by Haruko Momoi.
The dress-up and raising game Sugar Doll has brought back its popular classic gacha "Dreamy Pajama Night" in a new color scheme, available through October 21, 2026, alongside an ongoing Royal Gacha and new value packs.
ArtGrace Wedding Chateau/Omiya Rikyuu, ArtGrace Wedding Coast Tokyo Bay, and Iseyama Hills are hosting a limited-time Summer Family Buffet and Kids Patissier Experience in August 2026, where children put on a chef's coat and hat to build their own tropical mini parfait alongside a seasonal buffet and festival-style games.
Suntory's popular -196 "fruit-forward chuhai" series brings back a limited-edition flavor — Kyoho Grape — releasing nationwide from September 22, 2026.
Suntory is renewing and relaunching "Additive-Free Delicious Wine. Sparkling <Red>" and "Sparkling <White>" nationwide from early August 2026, with a revised blend for fresher fruitiness.
On Saturday, August 8, 2026, the Imashirozuka Ancient History Museum in Takatsuki City will host a lecture by Kyoto Tachibana University's Atsushi Kojima on Emperor Keitai's reign as seen from Chikushi, part of the city's annual "Haniwa Day" program.
THE BONDS SPA Ocean Private Villa - Chiba Shirahama - at the southern tip of the Boso Peninsula has added a new annex, EAST OCEAN VILLA HANARE, a two-story villa room with its own open-air hot spring bath for up to 12 guests.
A new 1/4 scale complete figure of Lala Satalin Deviluke from To Love Ru Darkness, wearing a bare-legs bunny outfit, is now available for pre-order at Amiami. The figure is produced by FREEing.
The Tokyo Art Dealers Association is holding Tobi Art Fair 2026 from October 16 to 18, 2026 at Tokyo Art Club, where 118 of Japan's leading art dealers will exhibit more than 2,000 works spanning antiques, tea ceremony utensils, swords, and modern and contemporary art, with advance tickets going on sale July 29.
Tokyo Banana is opening a month-long pop-up store at the event space inside JR Tokyo Station's HANAGATAYA GranSta Tokyo Central Passage Shop from August 1 to 31, 2026, featuring the new Banyana Zaku Sand cookie sandwich, a 35th anniversary Double Banana flavor, and other Tokyo Banana classics.