Hello everyone~! This is Mafuyu from Goods Republic!

This time, an exciting announcement! The collaboration has been confirmed for the second year in a row! It seems those beloved characters will be lighting up a lantern-themed festival held in Nagasaki, a city located in southern Japan~!

The Nagasaki Lantern Festival is a major event held over about two weeks in February in Nagasaki Prefecture, located in southwestern Japan! It originally began in the 1980s as a celebration of the Chinese New Year and Lantern Festival in Nagasaki’s Chinatown. As the beautifully decorated city attracted many visitors, it gradually became established as an annual lantern festival held in conjunction with the Lunar New Year!

In fact, this is the second time the Nagasaki Lantern Festival has collaborated with The Apothecary Diaries! The collaboration was also held in 2025, when lanterns modeled after Maomao and other characters were displayed throughout the city. This year as well, special collaboration lanterns will be featured, and a stamp rally that lets you explore the lantern-lit streets is being held, making the festival even more enjoyable with enhanced activities!

To celebrate the festival, limited-time collaboration goods are now available! They feature everyone happily enjoying the festival while holding small lanterns, so be sure to check out these dazzling Lantern Festival collaboration items that beautifully illuminate the night!