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Häagen-Dazs Japan introduces a new limited-edition Crispy Sand pairing a salty-sweet peanut butter sauce with rich butter caramel ice cream and bittersweet cocoa wafers. Available nationwide starting August 18th, 2026.
Jump Channel is premiering a new Haikyu!! collaboration music video for BURNOUT SYNDROMES' song "PHOENIX" on August 19 at 7:00 PM, the 58th installment in the JUMP MV series that pairs Weekly Shonen Jump titles with Sony Music Group artists.
Hobby Search has begun accepting pre-orders for Haikyu!! Osechi 2027, a three-tier New Year osechi box jointly developed by DeAGOSTINI Japan and osechi maker Yamafuku, with each tier themed around Karasuno High School's Spring High battles against its rivals.
HASAMI PORCELAIN, the Nagasaki-rooted tableware brand, is releasing a new glass piece, the Round Glass Cup, on August 21, 2026. Developed with Toyo Sasaki Glass in three colors, it's priced at ¥1,650 and stacks with the brand's existing ceramic pieces.
This year's Welcome Garden atop Miharashi Hill at Hitachi Seaside Park has doubled in size, filling the hillside with 31 varieties of marigolds, celosia, and other colorful flowers that are expected to stay in bloom through late October.
From September 2026, Hoshinoya Karuizawa serves a "Full Moon Parfait" made with Shine Muscat grapes and Anno sweet potato at a premium seat overlooking the property, offered on full moon nights as part of its "Karuizawa Autumn Moon Banquet" event.
On October 2, 2026, Hotel Granvia Wakayama marks the 10th installment of its Craft Draft Beer Festival, bringing together 8 breweries from Wakayama and the Chubu-Tokai region — Mie, Aichi, Gifu, Nagano, Shizuoka, and Yamanashi — for a one-night, all-you-can-drink event priced at 5,500 yen in advance.
From October 1 to 31, 2026, Bread & Sweets shop Patisserie Edmont at Hotel Metropolitan Edmont will offer two Halloween-themed pumpkin treats, a witch's-hat-shaped piece cake and a Hokkaido pumpkin pie, perfect for teatime or as a gift.
Cross Dine, the all-day dining buffet restaurant at Hotel Metropolitan in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, is holding a Nagano & Toyama Fair from October 13 to November 30, 2026, with Japanese, Western, and Chinese cuisine chefs preparing original dishes built around seasonal ingredients from both prefectures.
Hotel Nikko Osaka's tea lounges and French restaurant Les Celebrites host an Ibaraki Fair from September 1 to November 30, 2026, featuring limited sweets and drinks made with Ibaraki's chestnuts, Japan's top producer by volume, and dried sweet potatoes, which account for about 90% of national output, plus a one-day tasting seminar on September 24.
Kabuki star Ichikawa Danjuro performs Dannoura Kabuki at a special venue overlooking Dannoura in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, on November 6 and 7, 2026, the finale of the three-year Yamaguchi Drama Tourism project.
From September 1 to November 13, 2026, Kawana Hotel in Ito, Shizuoka hosts a guest-only classic film screening series in its Second Lobby, a space once used as a cinema for aristocrats and dignitaries in the early Showa era, featuring titles including Roman Holiday, Casablanca, and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.