This Week in Seichi: Haruhi's School Opens for a Day, Natsume's Railway Returns, and Uji's Autumn Rally

Here's what's happening at the places we cover, in date order. These dates come from organizers; check the official source before you travel.

Now to December 20: Keihan x Sound! Euphonium in Uji

Keihan Railway's autumn collaboration runs from September 1 to December 20, 2026. The stamp rally's first half, to October 31, covers the Igawa pumping station, Uji Bridge and the Daikichiyama observation deck; the second half, November 1 to December 20, moves to the Uji River bank, Agata Shrine and Kohata Shrine. There are life-size panels at Uji and Chushojima stations, a wrapped bus, and a wrapped Ishiyama Sakamoto Line train through March 31, 2027. Uji guide

Back on track: the Kumagawa Railway

The Kumagawa Railway in Kumamoto reopened its full line on September 20, 2026, six years after the July 2020 floods, so you can ride into Natsume's Book of Friends country again. The JR Hisatsu Line into Hitoyoshi is still suspended. Hitoyoshi guide

October 16 to November 30: Bunny Girl Senpai in Fujisawa and Enoshima

The series' new film opens in Japan on October 16, and Fujisawa's tourism association, Enoden, Odakyu and the Shonan Monorail are running an Enoshima and Shonan digital stamp rally through November 30. Shichirigahama guide

November 1 and 2: SHELTER turns 35

Shimokitazawa SHELTER, the model for STARRY in Bocchi the Rock!, wraps up its 35th anniversary with two nights at Zepp DiverCity. Kessoku Band plays the first. Shimokitazawa guide

November 7: SL Anohana

Chichibu's 15th-anniversary year for Anohana includes a steam train, "SL Anohana," scheduled for November 7. Chichibu guide

November 8 to 20: Hakkoda Ropeway closed

The Zatsu Tabi ropeway in Aomori shuts for maintenance and then power works. Plan around it. Hakkoda guide

November 15: Girls und Panzer at the Ankou Festival

Oarai's Ankou Festival returns to the Marine Tower plaza with a GuP voice-cast talk show. No overnight place-holding at the venue. Oarai guide

November 21: Haruhi's school opens, for one day

The campus that served as the model for North High, now Nishinomiya Kurakuen High School, will open to Haruhi fans, local residents and alumni on November 21, 2026, in four timed sessions by application. Details haven't been published yet, and the school asks people not to phone about applications. On every other day, it's an active school and the grounds are off limits. Nishinomiya guide

Ongoing: Toyosato's new hours

K-On!'s school building has been open 10:00 to 17:00, Tuesday to Sunday, since April. It closes to sightseers on venue-rental days, including the afternoon of October 28 and all of October 29 and 30. Toyosato guide