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Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation - Chronicle of Echoes, the smartphone and PC game that surpassed 500,000 pre-registrations, has launched today, July 27, 2026, and already tops the App Store's free game ranking, with new login bonuses, a limited-time scenario event, and a Sylphiette pickup gacha to celebrate.
Nanki-Shirahama Marriott Hotel is renewing its Adventure World collaboration room and launching a new "Smiles and Animals Room Stay" plan from August 1, 2026, where guests complete animal-themed missions to become an "Animal Master."
Nanki Shirahama Marriott Hotel in Wakayama is renewing its former Panda Room into "Smiles and Animals Room Stay," a special guest room decorated with animals from neighboring Adventure World, available for a limited time from August 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027.
New Era, the global sports and lifestyle brand, teams up with Japan-born fresh donut specialty store I’m donut ? for a new collaboration headwear line, arriving August 1 at the New Era official online store and I’m donut ? locations.
Awaji Island's anime park Nijigen no Mori will open the Nijigen no Mori POP UP Store in World Cosplay Summit 2026 at Oasis 21 in Nagoya on August 1 and 2, 2026, offering Dragon Quest Island collaboration merchandise and other original goods normally sold only on Awaji Island.
NOHGA HOTEL UENO TOKYO's restaurant Bistro NOHGA will hold the 18th edition of its Tripling Dinner series on August 29, 2026, pairing sake from Gunma's Nagai Sake Brewery, glassware selected by Taito-ku's Kimoto Glass, and a seasonal five-course dinner, with brewery head Noriyoshi Nagai joining as a guest.
Japanese leather brand objcts.io teams up with fashion label SOPHNET. for the first time, adding the brand's scorpion logo to a MagWear iPhone case and Micro Bag lineup launching July 31, 2026, at both brands' online stores and the SOPH. Shop.
Tsuda Shokai, a Kobe-based company dealing in overseas outdoor and lifestyle brands, has become the official Japan distributor for the UK's Ocean Bottle and will begin full-scale sales of its sustainable bottles and flasks nationwide from July 31.
Oddspark Co., Ltd. will open Oddspark! BAR in Sasebo at Sasebo Keirin (Sasebo Velodrome) on Saturday, August 8 and Sunday, August 9, 2026, during the Women's All-Star Keirin G1, featuring guest appearances by Reika Fukuda and Aya Hazuki, a prize drawing, and an original Love Live! collaboration drink.
Three Ooedo Onsen Monogatari hotels in Katayamazu Onsen, Ishikawa, are offering a new plan combining a kayak or SUP experience on Shibayama Lagoon with a free ticket to the local public bathhouse, bookable from July 27, 2026, with stays and experiences starting August 1.
TV Aichi will air the Okazaki Castle Fireworks Festival live on August 1, 2026, with drone footage and coverage of the hand-held fireworks tradition on the hoko-bune boats, plus a simultaneous stream on Locipo.
To mark July 24, Self-Medication Day, supplement brand Orthomol held a wellness event called Orthomol presents "TUNE YOURSELF" at Shonan's Chigasaki Southern Beach, inviting creators to spend a morning on beach activities, nutritional support, and Tuning Yoga.