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The Expo’s “ultimate salt onigiri” returns to Osaka Nanko — PACKN-TO food truck on Oct 11–12

“GAKUSEI RUNWAY” student fashion show at Namba Hatch on Dec 27, with a live set by FIELD OF VIEW

Osaka Kitakagaya’s giant art storage MASK opens free to the public, with Kohei Nawa as main artist

Book and record shop ammel opens its first permanent store in Kyoto’s Nishijin, pre-opening Oct 11

Namba Hiroba dresses up in 5,000 lanterns and giant eyes — Akihiro Nishino’s Halloween from Oct 15

Agnès b., Kaneko Optical and more — 11 new autumn shops at Kobe-Sanda Premium Outlets

Kasumi crab French course at Kobe Portopia Hotel, for three days only from Nov 13

The Ritz-Carlton, Osaka serves an afternoon tea inspired by a Burberry Beauty fragrance, Oct 15–Dec 27

Fried dorayaki “Tokyo Age Dorayaki” opens in Kansai for the first time — 4 days only at Keihan Kyobashi Station

“Billiken-za Senba de Roadshow!” in Osaka — classic films told through kodan storytelling and song, Dec 26

“TOYOTOMI IMPACT” in Himeji — an exhibition on Himeji Castle in Hideyoshi’s era, until Dec 20

NESTA illumina returns to Nesta Resort Kobe in Miki after two years, with Hyogo’s first sea-of-clouds show

Moomin takes over Kobe Port Tower — a city-wide tour event with 22 venues runs until Nov 30

Reggae in Osaka’s Nishi-Umeda Park on Oct 25 — HISATOMI, NG HEAD and more at Autumn Reggae Breeze 2026

THE LIVELY Osaka Honmachi in Sakaisuji-Hommachi offers Christmas French courses and limited cocktails

Nara’s “Toyotomi Brothers!” Yamato-Koriyama drama museum refreshes its exhibits, with a new Koriyama Castle photo spot

Awaji Service Area (westbound) holds a Customer Appreciation Day on Oct 17 — onion quiz, puppet theater and taiko

An evening on rugby’s “Mr. Rugby” Seiji Hirao in Kobe on Oct 25 — talk, string duo and dinner

Cerezo Osaka x Myaku-Myaku collaboration goods return this year, online from October 13

Matsuyu, a 99-year-old sento in Yamatotakada, Nara, to be revived as “Honmachi Matsuyu” in spring 2027

Mitsui Outlet Park Marine Pia Kobe hosts its first beer festival, with 15 breweries from across Japan

Hotel Nikko Himeji’s general manager carves a tuna at its New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day family buffets

