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Kobe no Tobira, the Kobe Tourism Bureau's platform for hands-on local travel programs, is now offering three new experiences that bring visitors closer to everyday life in Kobe and its food culture, from a market food walk in Shinkaichi to bread-making and doughnut-making classes.
On Saturday, August 8, 2026, Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama will hold a one-day-only Krispy Kreme Doughnuts pop-up sale along with a doughnut decorating workshop featuring the park's animals, as part of the brand's 20th anniversary campaign in Japan.
A new incense series called "Japanese Gardens" reinterprets the atmosphere of five traditional Japanese garden styles through scent, launching August 3.
Kyoto Century Hotel is offering an accommodation plan bundled with tickets to the Vermeer exhibition "Girl with a Pearl Earring — Masterpieces of 17th-Century Dutch Painting, A Miraculous Return," available for premium and suite room stays with check-in from August 20 through checkout by September 27, 2026.
Saitama Prefecture will host the Manhole Summit in Arakawa / Sewerage Festa 2026 at Arakawa Water Reclamation Center Rooftop Park in Toda City on October 17, combining the annual Arakawa Sewerage Festa with the nationwide Manhole Summit for the first time. Admission is free, with family-friendly activities such as a walk rally, a petting zoo, and a manhole card game tournament.
A new lineup of goods celebrating manga artist Miyuki Mitsubachi's 20th career anniversary, featuring artwork from Spring Storm and Monster, Stray Cat & Wolf, It’s Strictly Business, and Cheeky Brat, goes on sale through eeo Store online from July 31, with in-store sales starting September 12, 2026.
From August 8, Moominvalley Park in Hanno, Saitama, unveils new swimwear colors for Moomintroll and Snorkmaiden, while neighboring Metsä Village adds a lake fireworks display to metsä's Nordic Fireworks.
Sho-Bi-Doh has opened pre-orders for a new My Hero Academia travel goods series featuring plush mascots, name tags, and PVC-pocket bags for nine characters, with general sales planned for early December.
Nagomi Yoneya is offering a seasonal kingyokukan yokan called 水底のかくれんぼ, with a ramune flavor and clear, cool coloring designed to evoke goldfish swimming in water, available for a limited time through late August 2026.
NIC♡RY, a new "Shibuya-kei" girls rap duo updating Heisei-era Shibuya street culture for the Reiwa era, will release their first mini album, "NIC♡RY," digitally on August 7, following a surprise announcement made at their live debut at TGC KIDS Fes 2026.
Niseko Konbu Onsen Tsuruga Bessou MOKU NO SHO is now offering two summer stay plans that let guests enjoy Niseko's greenery from above, one including a sightseeing gondola ride and facility vouchers, and another featuring an early-morning tethered hot air balloon flight.
Oimatsu's Arashiyama tearoom, Chabo 玄以庵, is now serving a summer-only shaved ice made with rare natural ice from Yondaime Tokujiro in Nikko and top-grade Tokushima wasanbon sugar, available until the natural ice runs out.