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Tohoku's three great festivals land in one week, Aug 2–8, 2026 — but Aomori's night and Akita's night can't share a day. Two 3-night routes that work.
Aug 3-6, 2026, and no two nights are the same: the drone show runs the 3rd and 6th only, the daytime contest skips day one, the stalls aren't on Kanto Ōdōri.
Sendai Tanabata 2026 runs Aug 6-8: giant paper streamers fill downtown Sendai. The fireworks (~16,000 shells) are a separate event, the night before on Aug 5.
Chiikawa x 7-Eleven Japan 2026: 10 collab foods on sale July 18-20 (fair from July 21). All prices, release dates, the first-come freebies, and how to pay.
Aomori Nebuta 2026: Day-by-Day Schedule, Dancing as a Haneto, and the Aug 7 Water Parade + Fireworks
Tokyo Banana x Frugra, a 35th-anniversary first, sold only at Tokyo Station from July 17, 2026. Price, sale dates, where to buy, and the sticker gift.
Paid tickets are no longer on sale, so the free zone south of the river is your only option on July 25. Enter at Tachikawa or Nishi-Tachikawa, not Sunagawa.
Hello Kitty x 3COINS: July 18, from ¥330. Day one needs a lottery win or same-day ticket — the lottery has closed. Walk in from July 19. Tokyo stores, tax-free.
o transfers from Shinjuku, 599 meters up. Which ticket (¥1,450 or ¥1,090), why Trail 6 in summer, the 11:30 summit crush, and the 9:15 p.m. last cable car.
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