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Cross Hotel Sapporo is hosting PLUS ART FAIR 2026, a three-day art event from April 3 to 5, 2026, where eight rooms on the 13th floor become galleries showcasing works by Hokkaido-based artists.
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, freshly-baked custard apple pie specialty shop RINGO is teaming up with Hello Kitty for a special collaboration. Four limited-edition items — including set boxes with exclusive goods and a Hello Kitty design financier tin — will roll out starting April 1, 2026.
Royal Park Hotel in Nihonbashi, Tokyo will hold a Golden Week Restaurant Fair from April 29 to May 6, 2026, featuring wagyu roast beef buffet, Peking duck all-you-can-eat, teppanyaki steak all-you-can-eat, and a TOKYO X brand pork shabu-shabu course.
A new book from Gakken lets you create stained glass-style artwork featuring popular Sanrio Characters simply by placing hologram stickers on template pages. The title earned a reprint even before its March 19 release.
A new original sweet using honey harvested from the hotel's own rooftop is coming to Sapporo Park Hotel starting April 1, 2026, pairing the richness of cheese with bright lemon acidity.
To mark the global launch of the animated open-world RPG The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin, hololive production VTubers Nakiri Ayame and Shiranui Flare are set to stream the game on their respective channels.
SharkNinja is releasing the Shark TurboBlade Ultra-Customizable Bladeless Tower Fan in Japan on April 6, 2026, featuring 360-degree airflow and a 20-meter wind reach. The Shark FlexBreeze HydroGo Misting Fan also gets four new colors — Ivory, Green, Pink, and Purple — bringing the total lineup to seven.
A new organic cleaning line called "Shell we clean?" — crafted from discarded scallop shells sourced in Aomori — launches on March 18, 2026, becoming Japan's first detergent to earn Ecocert certification.
Café Toastina at Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay Hotel is set to offer a spring-themed sweets lineup featuring flaky pastry and tart doughs, along with a seasonal afternoon tea and a sweets box — running throughout April 2026.
Buffet Dining Kessel at Shin-Yokohama Prince Hotel is holding a Nagasaki Fair from April 1 to May 31, 2026, featuring rare local ingredients and regional dishes personally selected by the head chef during a visit to Nagasaki.
SLAP SLIP, the children's apparel brand from Kobe-based Bebe Co., Ltd., has launched a new collaboration collection featuring Sanrio's popular characters Cinnamoroll and Pompompurin, now available at 64 stores nationwide and the BEBE MALL online store.
Kobe-based children's apparel brand SLAP SLIP is releasing a nostalgic yet adorable collaboration collection featuring SWIMMER and Sanrio Characters, available at 63 stores nationwide and online from late March 2026.