Discover insider tips, travel guides, and inspiring stories for your next adventure in Japan
hiritu, the balance care brand from magicnumber Inc., brings back its perfume-grade Balance Care Hand Serum in a limited quantity, with a lighter, less-sticky feel across three scent-based series, arriving at Loft stores nationwide from mid-September and on the official web shop from September 16.
In Osaka's Shinsaibashi, the Hermès specialty store ORANGE BOUTIQUE SHINSAIBASHI has reopened as a combined store with HOUBIDOU, expanding the sales floor, adding a new floor for Rolex, Chanel, and Louis Vuitton items, and opening a private buyback booth.
The Japan Olympic Museum in Tokyo will hold the special exhibition "Pokémon and Athletes' Moves" from September 19 to November 23, 2026, comparing the moves of Pokémon with the techniques of athletes competing in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
From September 17, 2026, JR Hokkaido Fresh Kiosk releases 22 new original railway and Kitaca goods — including train-themed headmark stickers and rubber keychains, plus an eco bag and frost bottle featuring the Kitaca Ezo flying squirrel — available at Hokkaido Shikisaikan, Hokkaido Shiki Marché, and other locations.
JTB Publishing has released an original T-shirt collection inspired by the 100-year history of JTB Timetable, featuring timetable symbols, a nostalgic Showa-era cover design, and the beloved stationmaster illustration. The six-design, six-color lineup goes on sale September 4, 2026 at the online store pTa.shop.
The JW Lounge on the 30th floor of JW Marriott Hotel Tokyo introduces a Halloween-themed afternoon tea that pairs autumn ingredients like persimmon, chestnut, and pumpkin with playful ghost, cobweb, and cross motifs, available October 1 to 31, 2026, alongside limited-edition Halloween cocktails and mocktails at JW Bar.
Gugenka will exhibit at KAMITSUBAKI WARS 2026: KAMITSUBAKI YOKOHAMA BATTLEFRONT at PACIFICO Yokohama on September 5-6, 2026, offering a limited-time reissue of KAMITSUBAKI CITY VIRTUAL REALITY HoloModels and SpatialDisk 3D live footage.
CenturyUU has opened pre-registration for the DMM GAMES version of its browser game King of Fighters’98 Infinite Fighting (KOF98 IF). Everyone who pre-registers will receive the popular fighter Yuri Sakazaki to use in-game.
Konami Digital Entertainment has finalized the lineup for its booth at Tokyo Game Show 2026, running September 17 to 21, headlined by the first domestic playable showing of the new Castlevania title Belmont's Curse and the first worldwide playable showing of its new UGC platform game, plus a KONAMI Anniversary to the Future retrospective corner and more.
Lake Biwa Hotel is offering a new stay plan bundled with tickets to the Vermeer exhibition "Girl with a Pearl Earring — Masterpieces of 17th-Century Dutch Painting, A Miraculous Return," available for its Premier Luxury Floor rooms from September 5 through checkout by September 20, 2026.
A limited-time collaboration café tied to the "LaLa 50th Anniversary Original Art Exhibition ~The Allure of Creation~" opens at
Starting Friday, September 4, the bakery Land Bageri at Hakata Station's Meiji Park begins a casual evening bread bistro, serving its bread alongside cooked dishes and wine, with product development by baker Tetsuo Hirayama and design by architect Kei Sasaki.