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Japanese leather brand objcts.io introduces a new drawstring-style Purse Bag crafted from glossy, water-resistant lamb leather, available in three carry styles alongside a matching iPhone accessory purse.
To mark the start of Obon on August 13, 2026, Chiba confectionery shop Okashi no Taiyo is offering a limited-quantity sale of handmade tsukitate mochi and omukae dango — pounded the traditional way with a mortar and pestle from premium Chiba-grown Mangetsumochi and Koshihikari rice.
From September 1 to 9, 2026, Tsubaki in Okuyugawara Onsen is offering a limited-time gourmet plan for the Chrysanthemum Festival (Choyo no Sekku), featuring chrysanthemum sake and chestnut rice made with Hokkaido-grown Yumepirika rice.
Park Hyatt Kyoto's first-floor venue "The Living Room" is offering two autumn-limited tea menus — afternoon tea SUNLIT and evening high tea AFTERGLOW — featuring seasonal fruit and rich autumn ingredients paired with Japanese teas and wine. Available from September 19 to November 30, 2026.
Piccoma Kuji is launching Piccoma Kuji Mini, a lower-priced, faster-shipping version of its no-lose online lottery, debuting on August 12, 2026 with merchandise from Little Squirrel Is a Hard Worker.
PISTA & TOKYO, a pistachio sweets specialty store, will open a limited-time pop-up at Abeno Harukas Kintetsu Main Store from August 19 to September 1, 2026, offering vividly green pistachio sweets including its popular Pistachio Sand and a limited-quantity Sable Sand Pistarche.
PRESS BUTTER SAND is relaunching its Chestnut Butter Sand this autumn with a newly developed Italian chestnut butter caramel, going on general sale September 1, 2026, with early access for BAKE Membership Program members from August 15.
From September 16 to December 8, 2026, Risonare Shimonoseki's main dining restaurant OTTO SETTE SHIMONOSEKI is serving a limited-time autumn course built around fugu, in-season venison, and amadai tilefish, of which Yamaguchi Prefecture lands the largest catch in Japan, paired with local sake and wine.
Rosy Rosa's popular Multi Foundation Puff is getting a new pentagon-shaped design with a pointed corner and an arch, made to fit small areas of the face and the curve of the lower eyelid. The Multi Foundation Puff 3P launches Wednesday, August 12, 2026, priced at ¥946 tax included.
Sakehinata, the liquor brand from Kyoto's Izumise Co., Ltd., is releasing "Late-Night Soda Float," a four-flavor liqueur series that now comes with an adorable bear bottle so anyone can recreate a colorful, low-alcohol cream soda at home.
Sankaku Goori, a shaved ice specialty shop located about 30 steps from Tottori Sand Dunes, has resumed sales of its Tottori strawberry kakigori, a dessert made with an ingredient cost ratio of more than 50%. This year the shop has also added takeout service for the first time.
On Sunday, September 6, 2026, Sannomiya Yokocho in Kobe will hold "Sannomiya Yokocho Grown-Ups' Summer Festival 2026," a community event blending food, drink, and old-fashioned festival games across its seven shops, with organizers aiming to draw 1,000 visitors and spark new connections through toasts and games.