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A new Friday-night cruise event runs from August 28 to September 25, 2026, offering an energetic "PARTY CRUISE" and a relaxed "LOUNGE CRUISE" around the waterfront of Takeshiba and Shibaura, complete with local Shibaura craft beer.
Shinjuku's autumn music festival reveals its complete lineup for October 10-11, 2026, with eight new additions including ZAZEN BOYS, Kenta Maeno, Eiko Ishibashi, and Yuransen, as general ticket sales open today.
Sunflowers are reaching their best viewing period at Shinjuku Central Park from mid to late August, with four varieties blooming across the park. A free self-guided leaflet featuring a sunflower map and an introduction to Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" at the nearby SOMPO Museum of Art is also available on-site.
Nijigen COSPA is releasing new Cure Arcana Shadow merchandise from Star Detective Precure!, including a T-shirt, acrylic stand, pass case, and cushion cover featuring newly drawn illustrations.
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles will welcome Starlit Pikachu, the guide character from the special exhibition Pokémon Astronomical Observatory at Kakuda Denen Hall, to their August 11 game against the Orix Buffaloes at Rakuten Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi, with a photo session and field appearances as part of the "Natsu-Suta! STARLIGHT GALAXY" summer event.
Suikoden STAR LEAP, the franchise's first entirely new title in 14 years, launched in Japan today for iOS and Android, with details on its first in-game event also revealed.
Tokyo Gets Co., Ltd. is releasing new merchandise featuring newly drawn Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE illustrations of the characters enjoying a water gun fight, with pre-orders open from August 7 to August 24, 2026 at Gets-Oshi Mart.
Sunshine City Prince Hotel is teaming up with the asymmetrical battle app game Identity V for a concept room stay plan themed around a "Phantom Night Circus," running from September 5 to December 5, 2026.
Kuji Colle, an online lottery service operated by TEAM Entertainment, begins selling original merchandise for the game app takt op. Symphony on August 7, 2026, including acrylic boards, stands, blocks, and cards made with original artwork.
The Tamba Sasayama Dekansho Festival returns to Tamba Sasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture on August 15 and 16, 2026. The festival centers on Sō Odori, a mass dance performed to the folk song Dekansho-bushi around one of Japan's largest wooden yagura towers, alongside food stalls and fireworks.
Charaditional Toy, a brand built around the theme of "Characters × Japanese Tradition," is releasing a new Otsukimi (moon-viewing) themed merchandise lineup for TV anime "A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School!," featuring newly drawn character illustrations. Pre-orders run from August 7 to August 28, 2026, via Gets Oshi Mart.
Team Entertainment has launched an online lottery featuring original merchandise from the pachislot machine 'L Tokyo Ghoul' on the Kujico platform, with sales running from August 7 through August 31, 2026.