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A limited-time POP UP STORE themed Gleamistia ver. for Yowamushi Pedal: Limit Break opens at Bushiroad Creative Store Akihabara Main Store on August 28, 2026, featuring newly drawn illustrations inspired by a starry night sky and running through September 6.
Amiami and Gift are opening a joint "Amiami × Gift" booth at Comic Market 108 on August 15 and 16, 2026, selling new plush toys from Gift's fumofumo series and previewing upcoming releases, with free giveaways including an original Amiko-chan umai bou snack and a Gakuen Idolmaster special-issue plush guidebook.
Toy maker Agatsuma is launching "Twist & Build! Anpanman Cup Noodle Factory," an educational toy that lets kids recreate the cup noodle-making process at home, developed with special cooperation from Nissin Foods. It goes on sale nationwide September 18, 2026.
Art Bell Ange Kushiro, a wedding venue in Hokkaido, is opening its garden and indoor spaces for "SUMMER BEER GARDEN 2026" on August 21 and 22, offering a 120-minute all-you-can-eat-and-drink buffet with live cooking, shaved-ice sours, and a festival-style game corner for families and friends.
FREAK'S STORE's official online store, Daytona Park, is the first to reveal the 2026 Fall/Winter special-order Barbour collections from FREAK'S STORE, Firsthand, and Freada, featuring updated takes on the Bedale and Borrowdale alongside the newly added Transport model, with sales starting at FREAK'S STORE stores at the same time.
A new 1/5 scale painted figure of ベルドール "Roze" in a black underwear version has been announced by Bfull FOTS JAPAN, with pre-orders open now through October 20, 2026, and a scheduled release at the end of February 2027.
Good Smile Company's G.S.Collection line adds a 1/7 scale figure of Nagisa, the Tea Party's host at Trinity General School in the popular game Blue Archive, with pre-orders opening August 7, 2026 (Friday) ahead of a September 2027 release.
Butter Butler is holding a limited-time pop-up inside JR Tokyo Station through September 27, 2026, featuring a pop-up-exclusive new treat, Butter Kugelhopf (Orange), made with candied orange peel and a lemon glaze.
BUTTER NO ITOKO and HOKKAIDO BROWN CHEESE open together at Daimaru Fukuoka Tenjin on August 26, 2026, marking Kyushu's first stores for both brands, with a store-exclusive Amaou strawberry flavor made with strawberries from Fukuoka's Uluu Farm.
Buttery Honten, a butter-focused patisserie near Nagoya Station, welcomes summer with a new Fresh Butter Sandwich filled with cream cheese butter cream and Shine Muscat, plus a Lemon Madeleine arriving later in August.
Ahead of Azur Lane's 9th anniversary in Japan, Cake.jp is releasing cake cans featuring 10 popular characters, each paired with an original coaster in the character's image color, starting August 7.
Osaka hat brand CAMURI is releasing the Seersucker Short visor Cap (CA-009), a breathable seersucker take on its long-running Short visor Cap developed in response to customer reviews, available in navy, white, and mustard from ¥8,800, with a KIDS size at ¥5,280.