The Tokyo Metropolitan Public Bathhouse Trade Association has launched Sento Gururi, a new video project in which comedians who love sento introduce their favorite neighborhood bathhouse along with a restaurant to visit afterward, with the first episode now streaming and new videos planned every month.
This autumn, Toyama's long-awaited Kurobe-Unazuki Canyon Route finally opens to tours on October 2, and the season also brings craft festivals in Takaoka, seasonal flavors like Kazumi apples and genge fish, a craft-filled stay in Kanaya-machi, and hidden autumn foliage spots at Ainokura and Jinzu-kyo Gorge.
YOKI MATSUSHIMA, a hot spring hotel in Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, is offering a stay plan available on two dates only — September 27 and October 26, 2026 — that pairs a nighttime special viewing of the national treasure Zuiganji temple with a Full-Moon Kaiseki dinner inspired by the moonlit bay, priced from ¥81,900 per person based on double occupancy.
On Sunday, October 25, Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel's Japanese Cuisine Sakuragaoka holds the fifth annual Ho-no-kuni Toyohashi & Higashi-Mikawa food culture lunch seminar, pairing a chikuwa-grilling experience led by Yamasa Chikuwa's seventh-generation president with a course meal built around ingredients introduced by Toyohashi's own farmers.
Kaga City's KAGA Parfait, a locally sourced dessert reinvented every year, marks its 10th anniversary with a new 2026 edition available from July 25 at four participating shops, each priced at ¥1,800.
Starting October 1, 2026, Kai Akiu in Miyagi's Akiu Onsen offers a new three-generation family plan inspired by Date Masamune's hospitality, featuring a hands-on zunda-making experience and a private "Date-Style Celebration Banquet" for milestones like a 60th birthday or Shichi-Go-San.