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The Nintendo Switch otome game Handsome Laundering -the mystic lover- is receiving a new DLC "After Story" on June 18, 2026, featuring fully-voiced continuation stories for all eight characters along with newly drawn event graphics.
Hotel Indigo Hakone Gora's Riverside Kitchen & Bar is running a limited summer cocktail promotion from June 1 through August 31, 2026, featuring 11 original cocktails crafted with Japanese ingredients and premium spirits including ABSOLUT TABASCO Vodka, matcha liqueur, and premium tequila.
Six types of The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy merchandise are now available for pre-order on AMNIBUS, including Ani-Art aurora acrylic cards, matte can badges, illustration cards, desk mats, acrylic stands, and 100mm can badges.
A bridal fair-themed interior decoration event and pickup gachas featuring new wedding-outfit characters are now live in Isekai Kitchen, the mobile restaurant simulation game, running until June 23.
The I Don't Want to Be a Dragon Girl! in-anime band Jack-Pot has announced collaboration tracks with three major artists, plus a live stage debut at the Duel Masters 25th Anniversary Tour.
Japanese footwear brand JELLY BEANS has launched its Spring/Summer 2026 sandal collection from the popular "Fuwasara" series, combining six comfort-focused technologies with on-trend designs.
KAL Auto Garden, a dog-friendly campsite in Kumagaya, Saitama, will run a seasonal Summer Night Camp from July 1 to August 31, 2026, featuring around 100 mist nozzles spread across the grounds for a refreshingly drenched welcome for guests, children, and dogs alike.
Kanmi Mitsuya from Asakusa will take part in "ISETAN WAGASHI FES 2026" at Isetan Shinjuku from June 16 to 22, 2026, offering its signature Shiratamahabako and the newly launched anmitsu yokan series "Irodori Tebako" in an Isetan-exclusive advance release.
Kanro is releasing "Meguru Ume Shio Candy," a new salt candy that upcycles umezu — the liquid byproduct left over from umeboshi production — available at convenience stores and station kiosks nationwide from June 16, 2026.
For one day only on August 10, 2026, golfers can play the Karuizawa 72 Golf North Course under tournament-ready conditions just before the NEC Karuizawa 72 Golf Tournament begins.
Kawana Hotel in Ito, Shizuoka, is launching a special rainy-season program featuring a historic film screening in the original projection lobby, a guided history tour, and half-price access to private hot spring baths and billiards — free and open to non-guests too.
Two summer-exclusive menus are running at Kobe Portopia Hotel through September 2026 — chilled noodle dishes at Chinese restaurant Shukeien on the 29th floor, and a four-variety curry lunch at dining cafe SOCO.