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Marugame Seimen turned 7 nationwide menu items + a Shinjuku-Gyoen-mae pop-up store into a Dragon Ball Z fan playground from March 3 to April 6, 2026. Here is what was inside the Senzu tempura bag, why the udon tickets sold out, and what to watch for if the collab returns in 2027.
Detective Conan Cafe 2026 runs from April 10 through August 2 across 8 venues. This guide covers the 3 cities most overseas fans actually visit , Tokyo Shibuya, Osaka HEP FIVE, and Nagoya Global Gate — with menu prices, reservation fees, and the puzzle-solving rewards that bring regulars back three times.
Two parallel Ranma 1/2 events anchor Japan's spring and early summer 2026: the TV Anime Ranma 1/2 Exhibition runs April 23 to May 12 at Ikebukuro Sunshine City, and the Flower Bouquet Pop-Up Shop & Cafe at Tree Village runs Tokyo May 2 to 29, with Osaka and Hakata June 20 to July 2. This guide covers dates, tickets, merch drops, and how to combine both stops on a GW trip.
The Re:Zero 4th season × Cure Maid Café collab opens today, April 29, at the Akihabara Onoden Building 4F and runs through May 17, 2026. Two collab pasta plates, two 10th-anniversary sweets, ten character drinks plus a Ringa juice tribute, an eleven-card free novelty set, and a bonus card for anyone arriving with an Atre Akihabara popup receipt by April 30. Here is the menu math, the matoca queue rule, and the Akihabara walking route that makes it a half-day trip.
Chiikawa Land at Tokyo Station is the franchise's permanent Tokyo flagship — numbered tickets from 9:45 AM, new 2026 spring mokomoko plush section, Nagano Art zone, and the practical walkthrough every overseas fan needs.
The Demon Slayer Handmade Club at ufotable Cafe runs April 28 through May 31, 2026, across 7 venues in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokushima, and Kitakyushu. A pour-your-own-sauce craft menu, 5 seasonal cloth patterns, ribbon rolls, and a Machiasobi vol.30 workshop on May 16 and 17. Here is the booking flow and what to order.
The Golden Kamuy 'Golden Week Conquest Battle' popup runs at Karaoke Pasela Shinjuku and Loscabos Shinjuku from April 28 to May 27, 2026. Two-venue food and drink collab in Kabukicho with menus pulled from the final season, a free coaster per collab item, life-size higuma photo spot, and the 'Find Shiraishi' experience event. Here is the Kabukicho walking route, the menu math, and how to chain it with a Hokkaido travel plan.
World Trigger Festival 2026 takes over THE Chara CAFE STAND at Tokyo Dome City from April 27 through May 10, 2026. Takeout-only stand on Hi!EVERYVALLEY 2F, 11:00 to 19:00 weekdays and 11:00 to 20:00 weekends, cashless only, with a free random coaster from a set of 8 every time you order a collab item. Here is the Suidobashi-side walking route, the order-limit rules, and how to fit it into a Golden Week day.
The Hypnosismic × Sweets Paradise round 8 collab cafe opens May 1, 2026 across nine Sweets Paradise venues nationwide — SoLaDo Harajuku, Ueno Marui, Marui Omiya, Umeda, Clephy Sannomiya, and Yokohama Vivre from Day 1, with Sendai PARCO, Hiroshima PARCO, and Fukuoka PARCO joining May 16. Theme is tsuyu (the rainy season) with newly drawn art by Uekura Eku. Here is the venue-by-venue calendar, the buffet pricing math, the app-only reservation rule, and the route plan for inbound fans visiting Japan in May.
The Ouran High School Host Club 20th Anniversary is running three parallel cafes across Japan in 2026: the Hakusensha Collaboration Cafe opens at motto cafe Osaka on April 22, Tree Village Tokyo Skytree is active through May 1, and Tree Village Osaka and Hakata run May 23 to June 4. This guide covers dates, reservation fees, menu prices, and how to book from overseas.
Four Pokemon Center stores sit inside central Tokyo, each with its own signature. This guide walks through Shibuya, Mega Tokyo (Ikebukuro), Tokyo DX at Nihonbashi, and Skytree Town, the 30-minute route that hits all four, and the five-step Pokemon Cafe Nihonbashi reservation flow in English.
Jujutsu Kaisen x Sweets Paradise 5th Anniversary Cafe runs at 9 stores across Japan from April 2 to April 29, 2026. 6 character food plates from 900 yen, 7 drinks at 770 yen each, app-only reservations, random coaster per order. Full booking walkthrough inside.
The DARK MOON: The Blood Altar collab at THE Chara CAFE Grandscape Ikebukuro 2F runs only 12 days, April 25 to May 6, 2026. Seven vampire-clan leads get new cafe-staff illustrations, random coasters come free with drinks, and acrylic figures start at 1,760 yen. Here is the booking, menu, and Ikebukuro K-pop walk-around plan for overseas fans.
Okami turns 20 on April 20, 2026, and Capcom is marking it at Monster Hunter Sakaba in Akihabara and Namba through June 1. Here is the menu, booking route, and which of the two cities is the better pick for your trip.
My Hero Academia's 10th-anniversary waffle diner runs at Sandwich Diner DECOTTO in Ikebukuro through April 26, 2026 — only 3 days left as of this guide. 3 character waffle sandwiches from 1,380 yen, random character coasters with every order, walk-in and TableCheck both open. Here's the final-weekend playbook.
The Demon Slayer Kizuna collaboration at ufotable Cafe runs Phase 2 'Bonds Forged' (結んだ縁) from May 8 to July 7, 2026 across 5 venues, following the Phase 1 close on May 6. ufotable's standard pricing , pair drinks at 650 yen, mains 1,200 to 1,400 yen — and the same Thursday LivePocket lottery flow. Full booking walkthrough inside.
Three Blue Lock events are running simultaneously in Tokyo right now — a Skytree observation deck takeover, an Akihabara collab cafe, and the EGOIST Exhibition finale in Shibuya. Here's how to hit all three in one day without wasting time or money.
The 2026 English guide to the Kamakura Koko-mae crossing, Enoden 1-Day Pass, and the 3 nearby temples and streets you can stack onto the Slam Dunk pilgrimage for a full Tokyo day trip.
Osaka is running 12+ anime collab cafes in April 2026 — Demon Slayer ufotable Namba, Jujutsu Kaisen at Sweets Paradise Tennoji, Blue Lock at Collabo Cafe Honpo Nihonbashi, Okami 20th at Monster Hunter Sakaba Namba, Apothecary Diaries at and GALLERY Namba, plus Osomatsu-san, Black Jack, and more. Here is the full English guide with reservation rules, prices, and a 6-hour Umeda-to-Namba walking plan.
Golden Week 2026 (April 29 to May 5) is the single busiest week of the year for anime collabs in Japan. Here is the English-first guide to 15 events running that week, what actually needs a reservation, and the one-hour plans for Akihabara, Ikebukuro, and Shibuya that avoid the worst of the crowd.
The Pokemon 30th Anniversary x Karaoke Manekineko campaign opens April 24, 2026 at about 700 stores across Japan, with 45 themed collab rooms (one per prefecture) and three premium packs featuring Meowth, Sprigatito, and other cat-Pokemon. Reservations start April 20 at 18:00 JST. This guide covers dates, pack tiers, giveaways, and how to book from overseas.
Rilakkuma Cafe 'Relaxing Dream Trip' opens at SHIBUYA 109 on April 23, 2026, then rolls to Osaka Tennoji MIO and Nagoya through July 12. A 715-yen deposit holds a 75-minute seat, the forest afternoon tea is 2,890 to 3,190 yen with a pick-three side plate, and the new anime characters Awawaneko and Yobee show up on exclusive merchandise. Here is the English guide to actually booking it from overseas.
The ufotable Cafe Demon Slayer rerun collaboration runs March 31 through May 6, 2026 across 7 locations in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokushima, and Kitakyushu. 4 exclusive food items from 1,200 yen, 8 character pair drinks at 650 yen each, and a lottery reservation system that opens every Thursday at 6 PM. Here's exactly how to get in.
Krispy Kreme Japan launched 4 Super Mario Galaxy Movie donuts on April 8, 2026 — from the Mario Strawberry ring at 388 yen to the surprise Question Block at 540 yen. The Shibuya Cine Tower store got a full character makeover. Here is what to order, skip, and grab before it sells out.
LuvLab Harajuku opened April 10, 2026 — a walk-in DIY accessory workshop 2 minutes from JR Harajuku Station where you can make Italian charm watches, snake bracelets, custom keyboard keychains, and lip chains starting from just 300 yen.
One Piece Cafe GENE at Shibuya PARCO 6F runs through May 18, 2026. After a full afternoon testing the Phase 2 menu — skull bowl ramen, birthday cards, and ¥1,100 character drinks — here is what to order, how to book, and the 3 things international visitors keep getting wrong.
After a morning inside Chiikawa Bakery at Tokyu Plaza Omotesando, here is a no-hype walkthrough: how reservation actually works, which breads are worth the ¥580, and the rules international visitors keep missing.
Step-by-step English guide to booking anime cafes through Lawson Ticket (l-tike.com) and Loppi machines — 6-step flow, phone-number workarounds, and the 5 questions foreign visitors ask most.
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