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Tamayose, the modern Japanese confectionery brand run by Maruya Co., Ltd., has released the Matcha Fukiyose Sweet Can Mini, a ¥1,728 tin filled with an assortment of matcha wagashi, available for a limited time while supplies last.
Two new SSR-rank Eichiku characters, Revolutionary Mercenary Tora and Sea Prince Shachi, have joined the smartphone game Teipen Wars, along with a limited-time pickup gacha running from August 11 to August 30, 2026.
The Pie Hole Los Angeles, a pie and coffee specialty shop from L.A., opens its first Kumamoto pop-up at Amu Plaza Kumamoto from August 18 to 31, 2026, offering signature pies like MOM'S APPLE CRUMBLE alongside the Japan debut of the original L.A. BOX, with a portion of sales supporting disaster recovery in Kumamoto.
The Tokiwadaira SONO Project's two-night event fills the area around Tokiwadaira Station in Matsudo, Chiba with a night market, performances, and a collaboration with the local bon odori dance festival on August 29–30, 2026.
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre in Ikebukuro is holding its monthly theater tour in September 2026, with a Playhouse rigging tour on September 15 and a Concert Hall tour on September 20, giving visitors a behind-the-scenes look at the venue's architecture, artwork, and stage mechanisms.
A taco specialty shop in Yokohama's Naka Ward, TONATIUH TACOS, has grown into a popular spot selling out around 1,600 tacos a day within three months of its May 2026 opening, thanks to its Mexico City street-style flavors.
From August 7 to September 13, 2026, traditional-craft lifestyle brand Tsugu will hold its first pop-up store in the Kansai region on the food floor of Umeda Tsutaya Bookstore, inside LUCUA ILE in Osaka.
From August 12, Tully's Coffee is serving Choco Affogato Shaqool, a frozen drink that pours espresso over a chocolate-flavored frozen base for an affogato-inspired treat, alongside its five-cheese Ballpark Dog.
An official record video has been released for Ukiyoe Immersive Art Exhibition HIROSHIMA, the immersive digital art exhibition where visitors can step into the world of ukiyo-e through 3DCG animation and projection mapping. Running through September 6, 2026, at NTT Credo Hall in Hiroshima, the exhibition also features a Hiroshima-only display of ukiyo-e depicting the city's scenery.
UWS AQUARIUM GA☆KYO, an aquarium in Odaiba that reimagines Japanese tradition as living art, will close on August 31, 2026 after about four years, having just become the only aquarium in Japan to win TripAdvisor's Travelers' Choice 2026 award and the top-ranked attraction in Tokyo among travelers. Every tank in the building remains available for purchase as a one-of-a-kind artwork by creator Gakyo Miyazawa.
YOKAI Immersive Experience Exhibition KAGOSHIMA welcomed its 30,000th visitor with a commemorative ceremony, as the immersive digital art museum on Japanese yokai continues its run at Reimeikan in Kagoshima City through August 31.
YSL Beauty's new YSL Love Light Collection captures silver and pink light in a limited-edition eyeshadow palette, lip ink shades, and cushion foundation, releasing in stages from August 12 to August 21, 2026.