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TOKYO BASE's select shop JAPAN EDITION opens a new flagship store on Namiki-dori in Ginza on July 16, 2026, marking the occasion with special collaboration items from YAMANE INDUSTRIES and gold.
London-born homeware brand Jubilee has added an insulated lunch pouch featuring classic William Morris patterns to its lineup, available in two designs — Fruit and Strawberry Thief — for ¥2,200.
Sync Innovation Co., Ltd. has opened pre-orders for a new line of TV anime Jujutsu Kaisen merchandise, featuring mini characters in the popular "mochocho" series, including can badges, stickers, and more.
Thank You Mart is releasing a new collaboration collection featuring Jurassic World and Jaws, with all items priced at 390 yen (429 yen tax included). In-store sales begin in early August 2026, with online pre-orders opening July 17.
To mark the 30th anniversary of Gambling Apocalypse KAIJI, a pop-up store opens at Apita Matsusaka Mikumo in Mie Prefecture from July 24 to August 11, 2026, offering a large new lineup of original merchandise and a purchase-bonus postcard featuring the characters' signature expressions.
From July 21 to September 13, 2026, Kaiju Sakaba's Shimbashi Distillery location is holding an "Ultraman Tiga Fair" with food and drinks themed around the monsters and aliens who battled Ultraman Tiga, plus a random limited-edition coaster with every fair-menu order.
Jindaiji Shokubunka Henshu-shitsu in Chofu City, Tokyo, is launching "Kakudaishi Dorayaki," a treat inspired by the yakuyoke figure Kakudaishi, on weekends and public holidays from July 18, 2026. The dorayaki was planned by four women in their late 40s and early 50s who reskilled in food culture at Kyoto University of the Arts, and is made by the 115-year-old Nagasaki confectionery shop Okita.
Wagokoro Co., Ltd. is set to open Yufuin Kinrinko Kanzashiya Wargo, a new kanzashi (hair ornament) specialty store, in the Kinrinko area of Yufu City, Oita Prefecture, in late July 2026. The store will be the brand's third location in the Yufuin Kinrinko area, joining Yufuin Kinrinko Hokusai Graphic and Yufuin Kinrinko musumusu.
From July 18 to August 31, 2026, Hakone Gora Karaku and Atami Izusan Karaku are offering "Karaku's Summer 2026," a stay built around quiet rest, featuring a body-temperature "fukan onyu" bath in their scenic open-air baths, along with limited-time summer cocktails and sweets.
Kawagoe Prince Hotel will hold a 35th anniversary special show, Kinpare: What Do You Do with Rakugo and Painting?, on August 11, 2026, pairing illustrator Kin Shiotani's live drawing performance with rakugo storytelling by Tatekawa Harunosuke, alongside a pre-show lunch buffet at the hotel's Prince Hall.
Kawagoe Prince Hotel's Lobby Lounge will serve a limited-time menu inspired by the movie Minions & Monsters from July 17 to August 31, 2026, timed to the film's August 7 Japan release.
KADOKAWA's Kujibikido online lottery service will launch a "Killed Again, Mr. Detective?" online lottery on July 24, 2026, offering original prizes tied to the release of Volume 7, including a choice of big acrylic stands, acrylic plates, and can badges.