With exactly one month to go until the national championship, the All Japan SASSEN Association, chaired by Ryuma Motomura, announced that Kirana Resort Inc. has been selected as the Gold Partner for the 4th national championship of the digital chambara sport “SASSEN,” to be held on Sunday, June 14, 2026. Kirana Resort Inc. is a company established in August 2022 by Maruhan East Japan Company, which operates a comprehensive entertainment business centered on pachinko halls. Kirana Resort develops and operates facilities including Kirana Garden Toyosu, one of Tokyo’s largest all-weather BBQ venues, inspired by the Spanish island of Ibiza. Since opening, the venue has welcomed more than 390,000 visitors, offering a new outdoor dining and leisure style previously unseen in Japan. It is planned and operated as a mixed dining and entertainment facility enjoyed by a wide range of visitors, including families, couples, and children. The BBQ area has approximately 1,000 seats, including indoor cabins where guests can enjoy a comfortable, luxurious, out-of-the-ordinary experience year-round, as well as outdoor sites with the comfort of a terrace at a high-end restaurant. The facility also includes about 450 square meters of lawn green space and a pet-friendly dog run of approximately 150 square meters, with many features designed to help guests relax and escape the busyness of daily life. Since August 2024, Kirana Resort has also operated NINJA＋KABUKI TOKYO in Shinjuku, Tokyo, targeting inbound visitors to Japan. The performance combines the spirituality and physical expression of ninja with the aesthetics and musicality of kabuki, enhanced by lighting, sound, and video production to embody “Authentic Japan × Entertainment” as a new form of cultural entertainment. Rather than being merely a tourist-oriented show, the production pursues “Authentic,” meaning genuine Japanese culture, and is built as a Japan-born cultural brand with global expansion in mind. By combining dynamic