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Tokyo Disney Resort will hold special New Year events from January 1 to January 11, with "New Year's Greetings" featuring Disney friends in Japanese attire, alongside "New Day, New Dreams" fireworks, New Year goods and menus, special Disney Hotels menus, and New Year design Disney Resort Line free passes.
Tokyo Dome Hotel serves winter-only cocktails and offers Christmas cake and illumination stay plans during Tokyo Dome City's "TOKYO SNOW DOME CITY" winter illumination, running November 19, 2026 to February 28, 2027.
From November 1 to 8, 2026, Tokyo Jazz Club takes over all eight floors of a former capsule hotel in Kanda-Nishikicho, combining contemporary art, music, live performances, and a bar, with 49 acts on the performance program.
On Sunday, November 8, 2026, the sun sets near the summit of Mt. Fuji around 4:30 PM, a view known as "Diamond Fuji" that can be seen from the Tembo Deck and Tembo Galleria at Tokyo Skytree, weather permitting.
Twelve shops from Toranomon Alcea Tower take part in Toranomon Hills Bar Hopping, a gourmet tour of 92 shops held from November 2 to 12, 2026, with Hopping Sets from ¥1,000 and a first-ever Fried Potato Grand Prix.
From October 31, 2026 to January 31, 2027, Towel Museum in Imabari, Ehime will hold the illumination event "SNOOPY Happiness Night" in its European Garden, with 470,000 lights, a Snoopy projection mapping show, and a free-admission opening day. The museum also plans a Snoopy Christmas dinner and a new stamp rally.
A two-person photography exhibition by Toyohiro Matsushima and Tatsuki Nakata runs from October 31 to November 8, 2026, at the art hotel BnA_WALL in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, with free admission to the regular exhibition.
Tsumagoi Resort Sainosato (つま恋リゾート彩の郷) in Kakegawa, Shizuoka will hold its Tsumagoi Illumination "Invitation to the Magic Forest" (魔法の森への招待状) from October 30, 2026 to March 28, 2027, with a witches' forest theme, a renewed Dark Night world, and set plans that combine admission with a hot spring bath, dinner buffet, or overnight stay.
Kani Factory Koragumi (かにファクトリー 甲羅組) in Tsuruga, Fukui will hold the Tsuruga Crab Festival 2026 on seven days from November 14, with free crab soup for the first 500 visitors each day and direct sales of Echizen crab and seiko crab.
Umekita Forest (うめきたの森), an urban forest in Grand Green Osaka, opens on November 20, 2026, and Hirameki no Michi (ひらめきの道) fully opens the same day. Opening events from November 20 to 23 include the first drone show around JR Osaka Station.
On November 3, 2026, Unzen Onsen in Nagasaki will host "Unzen Bunka Biyori" (雲仙文化日和), a one-day autumn event featuring local food, hata-making, crafts, music, and a free guided town walk around Unzen Jigoku.
From November 3, 2026 to January 11, 2027, Wataya Besso (和多屋別荘), a ryokan in Ureshino, Saga Prefecture, hosts the photo exhibition "URESHINO SHOT" throughout its building, with free admission and a concept room available for overnight stays.