September 2026 — the floortok Journal
Journal
September 2026
12 stories
Wed 30 Sep · 1
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Thu 10 Sep · 3
Daimaru Umeda hosts a chocolate-themed Hello Kitty pop-up with Osaka-exclusive items
Daimaru Umeda's seventh floor turns over to a chocolate-themed Sanrio pop-up from September 18, with an Osaka-only canvas pouch and coaster rather than any claim to be the first of its kind.
Shinjuku Takashimaya marks 30 years with an expanded gourmet festival
Ahead of its October 4 anniversary, Shinjuku Takashimaya runs a two-week gourmet festival through September 23 pairing an Amazon cacao specialty week with capped-quantity collaborations from three food-focused social media personalities.
Kiwa Group's Yugawara Outpost Signals Appetite for Regional Dining Destinations
Hyorokutei Yugawara positions itself as a standalone culinary destination in a classic Kanagawa hot-spring town, open to non-guests and structured around a seasonally rotating kaiseki menu.
Wed 9 Sep · 2
Miyagi's 21 Breweries Converge on a Sendai Rooftop to Court a Younger Drinker
The Miyagi Sake Brewers Association steps outside its usual promotional format with a DJ-soundtracked rooftop tasting designed explicitly to lower the entry barrier for drinkers in their twenties and thirties.
Daiso's Mushijingi Trading-Card Franchise Reaches Its Eighth Instalment
Daiso Industries will release the eighth booster pack in its in-house trading-card game from mid-September 2026, extending a franchise that has become a quiet proof-of-concept for value retail's ability to sustain original intellectual property.