Two Tokyo Wards Will Move Their Border by Tug-of-War on 15 November
Taito and Sumida meet on Sakura Bridge for the third Sumida River Tsunashiki, where the winner nudges the unofficial line a metre.
Tug-of-war Sun 15 Nov
Thursday 12 November 2026 · picked by Mark
TODAY'S PICKS
Toys
Wishes Come True Gets Official UK Prices Ahead of Friday's Store Date
POP MART's UK shop now prices the Christmas plush pendant blind box at £21 and the POP BEAN series at £3, with stores due to get them on 13 November.
UK stores 13 Nov
Style
PUMA Puts Tamagotchi on the Speedcat for the Brand's 30th Year
PUMA Japan's 30th-anniversary Tamagotchi collection goes on sale in Japan from 13 November, led by a two-colour SPEEDCAT TAMAGOTCHI at ¥16,500. No UK or US release has been announced.
Martial Arts
Sammo Hung's Ghost-Cop Comedy Where's Officer Tuba? Hits Blu-ray
88 Films releases the 1986 supernatural action comedy on Blu-ray in the UK and US on 10 November, with a 2K restoration.
EARLIER
Style
Sony's Hello Kitty Headphone Bundles Are Live in the US, and the Sand Pink XM6 Is Already Gone
Screen
Hello! Pikmin: Nintendo's New Animated Shorts Put One Tiny Red Pikmin Next to a Very Large Frog
Curiosities
Life-Size Rathalos and Lagiacrus Statues Are Coming to a Seaside Outlet Mall in Fukuoka
Toys
Pokémon Is Opening Its First Permanent Store Outside Asia in London
Screen
The Gang Picked the Wrong Grandfather in Netflix's Never Surrender
Make
Learn Sashiko From a Sewing Bee Winner in Birmingham on 21 November
Style
Billionaire Boys Club Marks Pokémon's 30th With a Capsule Drop
Screen
Jackie Chan's Magnificent Bodyguards Comes Out of the Screen on 3D Blu-ray for the First Time
Curiosities
Indonesia's Bekudo Bono Festival Rides a Six-Metre River Wave
Toys
Kotobukiya Seats Fatal Frame II's Amakura Twins Back to Back, With a Butterfly That Glows in the Dark
Martial Arts
Bruce Lee's Weight Bench, Roman Chair and Medicine Ball Go to Auction on 12 November
Style
BEAMS MANGART's First Cowboy Bebop Collection Is a Collage of the Whole Crew, on Sale in Japan Until 10 November
Make
Judy Joo's Mukja Cooks Its Way Through K-Dramas, K-Pop and KPop Demon Hunters
Screen
Chang Cheh's Blood Feuds Share a Slipcase with Flying Swords in 88 Films' Shawscope Triple
Toys
Chiikawa and Friends Dress Up as Sanrio Characters, and Hachiware Makes a Very Good Hello Kitty
Style
Ghost in the Shell × AIR TWOKYO Puts the Fuchikoma on Your Chest
Toys
Ibanez Gives Dragon Ball Z Its Own Guitar Range, and Piccolo Gets a Piccolo Guitar
Screen
Chen Sicheng's Traces of Justice Opens in UK Cinemas This Week
Screen
Jet Li's Romeo Must Die and Cradle 2 the Grave Get 4K Releases, and Romeo Is Uncut in the UK at Last
Style
Hello Kitty Moves Into FigJam, Then Throws a Free Birthday Party in New York
Toys
LABUBU Cat Mode On Gets an Insulated Cup, and the UK Store Date Is 6 November
Make
Learn Furoshiki Gift Wrapping at a Tiny Bookshop in Merton
Screen
Lee Chang-dong's Possible Love, His First Film in Eight Years, Streams on Netflix Worldwide on 6 November
Style