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Specialty chocolate brand Minimal is introducing its Chocolate Afternoon Tea vol.10 at Azabudai Hills from April 4 to June 30, 2026, with a menu that pairs Japanese ingredients like matcha, amanatto, and hand-wrapped fruit daifuku with specialty cacao.
Starting April 1, 2026, the Moomin Special Room Stay plan at Shinjuku Prince Hotel and Kawagoe Prince Hotel adds exclusive Moominvalley Park logo pancakes to the breakfast buffet, along with themed rooms featuring Moomin plush toys and a Moominvalley Park 1-Day Pass voucher.
A 4-session muskmelon growing and harvesting workshop is being held at Tomato Ranch in the Miho area of Shizuoka's Shimizu Ward, set amid the natural beauty of a World Cultural Heritage site.
The mobile strategy game Nobunaga's Ambition: Shinsen kicks off its S2 season 'Contest for Supremacy' on February 28, 2026, introducing eight new generals, a Council of Advisors system, Military Studies system, and a new Incident system to deepen the Sengoku era experience.
The healing character IP Obungu to Issho is hosting a popup event at Seibu Shibuya Store, Building B, 3rd Floor from March 6 to March 21, 2026, featuring photo spots and limited merchandise.
Ofuro Cafe Utatane in Saitama City is running its spring "Sakura Cafe" event, complete with an indoor cherry blossom lounge for hay fever-friendly hanami, a seasonal sakura mud pack, and a limited cafe menu featuring Amarin, a celebrated Saitama-grown strawberry.
Oimo Fes SHIZUOKA 2026 & Shizuoka Exposition is held at Granship Plaza in Shizuoka City from February 27 to March 1, 2026. Sweet potato specialty shops, sweets vendors, and producers from across Japan gather for this three-day event, now in its fifth edition since first launching in 2023.
Starting March 2, 2026, the dashi shabu-shabu restaurant "Okaka" is serving a spring-limited dish featuring branded sea bream "Madai Mirai" from Kochi Prefecture and fresh Naruto wakame, available at four locations in Tokyo and Osaka through early May.
The Okura Tokyo, Hotel Okura Macau, and The Shilla Seoul each received five stars in the Forbes Travel Guide 2026, with The Okura Prestige Bangkok and Hotel Nikko San Francisco earning four stars.
A limited-edition tin featuring the Station Staff Chopper design and containing YOKU MOKU's popular Petit Cigare cookies is now available exclusively at ONE PIECE Mugiwara Store Tokyo Station.
The Pretty Series franchise expands with Onegai AiPri, a new title featuring a TV anime premiering April 5, 2026 on TV Tokyo, amusement games starting April 2, 2026, and related toys releasing in spring 2026.
A hands-on onigiri rice ball cooking class conducted in English is now available at a historic 100-year-old traditional Japanese townhouse in Kita-ku, Tokyo, targeting inbound tourists who want to connect with Japanese food culture.