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Cheese sweets specialty store "Cheese is..." will hold a pop-up event at Hankyu Umeda Main Store's basement Tree Terrace from August 5 to 11, 2026, marking its first appearance in the Kansai region.
A new chapter has arrived in CODE GEASS Lelouch of the Rebellion Lost Stories for smartphones and PC, bringing a limited-time campaign with training materials and Sakuradite rewards, two pickup scouts introducing new pilots, and a signed shikishi board giveaway campaign.
EXNOA has launched a new scenario event, "So Hot! The Hadomakas! - Heavenly Resort Plan," in the RPG Crave Saga - Master of Bonds, running from July 29 to August 12, alongside the second part of the 3.5th anniversary eve festival campaign.
Rooftop BBQ restaurant DELTA+SKY at Omiya Rakuun is running a summer-only "cooling experience" fair, adding a frozen beer frappe, boozy shaved ice, house-made lemon sours, and sangria to its hands-free BBQ plans.
FREAK'S STORE is releasing a special SANRIO CHARACTERS collaboration collection featuring American-comic-style print T-shirts and playful charms with cute motifs that hide the characters' faces, spanning Hello Kitty, Cinnamoroll, Kuromi, My Melody, and HAPIDANBUI.
Experience exclusive seasonal dishes including seared hamo with miso and plum jelly, plus straw-grilled Miyazaki Ozaki beef tataki with a rich miso tamari sauce
AmiAmi, a major hobby retailer, is currently offering pre-orders for the GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE Cinderella Beautiful Me 1/7 Scale Figure from Good Smile Arts Shanghai. The figure faithfully recreates Cinderella's stylish apparel costume, from her striking expression to her sheer knit top.
GO☆GO☆CAFE! on Harajuku's Takeshita Street has released "HARAJUKU Paradise," the second collaboration menu built around Ozax's sparkling frozen drink ICEE, available from July 30 through August 31, 2026. The all-blue creation pairs Blue Raspberry ICEE with yogurt sauce and a colorful topping of gummies, kompeito, and jelly.
CAVE Interactive Co., Ltd. has launched Midsummer Memories -Maritime Patrol for Lovers-, the first of its major summer events in the shooting RPG Gothic wa Mahou Otome -Contract with me, right away!-, running from July 30, 2026, alongside a lineup of 2026 summer login bonuses, gacha, and campaigns.
General housewares maker Hack Co., Ltd. is relaunching its popular wagon-shaped Popcorn Maker, which has sold 20,000 units to date, from August 2026, alongside two newly launched manual food choppers, the Pull Chopper and the Push-Only 3-Way Chopper 1.2L.
funovo and Will have installed interior window panels that recreate the Former British Consulate Hakodate and traditional Japanese patterns using 3D printing in Will's new model house "CUBE+C," aiming to reproduce one-of-a-kind antique-style fixtures at dramatically lower cost.
From July 29 to August 16, 2026, Hankyu Umeda Main Store's basement food floors present "Hankyu Summer Homecoming Gifts," featuring ready-to-serve Obon feasts, cooling sweets, and Hankyu-exclusive treats well suited as gifts for family and friends.