On the streets of Tokyo, Zoomadanke's "Kodaman" (Takeshi Kodama) and "Easy" (Hiroki Iijima) look like any other young men in their 20s or 30s. The second they start playing kendama, however, the pair ...

The kendama is a Japanese variant on cup-and-ball games. It is enjoyed by both children performing simple tricks and adults completing much more complex ones. The kendama has a long history, but the ...

The traditional cup-and-ball game "kendama" is back, thanks to a new "cool" image mostly nurtured overseas and imported back to Japan. "Definitely, people who had never been associated with kendama, ...

Do you think you might have what it takes to be a professional Kendama player? Are you in Moncton? This could be your week to show off your stuff. Three of the top Kendama players in the world are ...

TikTok has found its latest obsession: kendama, a centuries-old Japanese skill toy now fueling leaderboard rivalries and TikTok fandom wars through an app called Kendamanomics. Kendama dates back to ...

Sixteen Orchard Prairie third- and fourth-graders watched with rapt attention as Jacob Schultz spun his kendama through the air, under his leg, twirling the string from his fingers before landing the ...

While making my rounds in town today, I noticed two young men on 4th Avenue right off of Main Street flipping some ball on a string around attached to some wooden handle type of device. I had to stop ...

Nick Gallagher demonstrates his world-beating kendama skills during the "local revitalization collaborator" inaugural ceremony in Nagai, Yamagata Prefecture, on Nov. 21, 2022. (Mainichi/Nobuyuki ...