The Japan e-Lantern Association is bringing its first LED lantern release experience to Hamamatsu this October, with the Lake Hamana Lantern on October 3 and the Hamamatsu Halloween Lantern on October 10 and 31, inviting participants — costumes welcome — to send wish-filled lanterns into the night sky.
Starting Friday, September 4, the bakery Land Bageri at Hakata Station's Meiji Park begins a casual evening bread bistro, serving its bread alongside cooked dishes and wine, with product development by baker Tetsuo Hirayama and design by architect Kei Sasaki.
WONDERHOLIC JAMBOREE 2026, a three-day urban culture festival, comes to HIROSHIMA GATE PARK from October 2 to 4, 2026, bringing together around 150 stalls spanning markets, music, art, fashion, and barber culture, with free admission throughout.
YORUNOYO 2026, Yokohama's signature illumination event, runs December 4 to 30, 2026, featuring a citywide light-and-music spectacle with a record 47 participating venues, a large-scale outdoor projection mapping display at Osanbashi Pier, and a 10-meter light cube at Yamashita Park.
Ahead of its September 5 opening at Tokyo Midtown Hibiya Hall, here is a full look at Yuichi Hirako's exhibition "HUMAN AND NATURE," including its indoor and outdoor installations, limited collaborations with I'm donut? and NEUTRALWORKS., and its full lineup of gallery tours, workshops, and talk sessions.
At Taiyo no Oka Engaru Park's Cosmos Garden in Engaru Town, part of Hokkaido's Okhotsk region, around 10 million cosmos flowers across roughly 20 varieties are in full bloom over 10 hectares, with the current Cosmos Festa running through late September.