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From November 26 to December 25, 2026, the lounge at RIHGA Royal Hotel Kyoto serves a Christmas parfait styled as a snow globe, with a sleeping bear and a pistachio mousse tree, from ¥3,289.
RIHGA Royal Hotel Tokyo is selling its "Happy Christmas" family stay plan for December 24 and 25, 2026, in which Santa Claus delivers a gift prepared in advance to the guest room, with a hotel goods gift for each child and a Japanese and Western breakfast buffet included.
The online mahjong game Riichi City is holding a collaboration with the TV anime Kakegurui xx from October 22 to November 20, bringing in four anime characters along with collaboration-exclusive costumes and items.
The 20th Roppongi Hills Christmas Market runs from November 21 to December 25, 2026 at Oyane Plaza in Tokyo, with 10 shops selling German Christmas goods and food, anniversary-only items and menus, and weekday lunch sets.
The smartphone RPG Saint Seiya Galaxy Soldiers has begun a collaboration with Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold, bringing UR fighter Divine Aries Mu for a limited time, a guaranteed pull at 40 summons, and collab-exclusive event rewards.
From December 1, 2026 to March 2, 2027, Tokyo Skytree will present an event pairing Sanrio Characters with the works of ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai, with exhibition decorations, photo spots, limited goods, cafe menus, and special lighting.
An original Sanrio Characters "Odekake Tag" is going on sale at 100-yen shops including Can★Do, with one design each of Hello Kitty, My Melody, Kuromi, Hangyodon, and Cinnamoroll at ¥110 (tax included).
Sengenyu (浅間湯), a sento in Ekoda, Nerima Ward, Tokyo that opened in 1927, has been taken over through the Tokyo Public Bathhouse Succession Matching Program and will reopen in early December 2026 with a renovated exterior, lobby, changing room, and sauna.
The free-admission Senshu Sound Wave Festival 2026 (泉州 音波祭 2026) takes place at WHATAWON in Kishiwada, Osaka, on Sunday, October 25, 2026, from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM, with surf talk shows, live music, food and shops.
From Sunday, November 1, Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay Hotel's cafe "Toastina" is holding "Sweet Potato × Chestnut Sweets & Bakery," pairing sweet potato and chestnut with pear and hojicha in sweets and baked goods. The popular Sheraton Sweets Box and a limited-quantity afternoon tea also get a sweet potato × chestnut makeover, and a weekly Friday sweets buffet runs alongside.
From November 1 to December 31, 2026, Café Belle at Sheraton Miyako Hotel Osaka will sell winter-only sweets and bread, including a snowman-shaped mousse cake, a lasagna-style gratin bread, a new chocolate and raspberry cake, and new cheese breads made to go with wine and other drinks.
The new Nakajima Park Site of Sapporo White Illumination (January 9 to 28, 2027) will host the world premiere of ENESS's SNOWFISH, an AI-assisted installation of large balloons that respond to visitors with light and sound. ENESS's IWAGUMI Air Scape follows at the Sapporo Snow Festival Odori Site from February 4 to 21.