"Kendama is an over-100-year-old ancient skill toy from Japan," Ha told The Korea Times. "It has a handle with three cups and a ball attached with a string. Around the late 2000s, it got exposed to ...

If you've never seen a kendama before, you might think it's some sort of small wooden doll, or handheld weapon, or tool for assembling Ikea furniture. In fact, it's a Japanese toy made of two parts — ...

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On Tuesday, kendama lovers gathered in preparation for the sport’s largest competition in the Western Hemisphere. Kendama is a Japanese skill toy which consists of a spike affixed to three cups and a ...

The takeover happened so quickly – because of a little ball on a string with a cup and a spike. One minute, he was just a kid at Mater Dei High School in 2014. The next minute, kendama happened.

Photographer Abe Satoru visits a workshop in Yamagata that makes kendama, a Japanese toy, and takes a look at the artisans' bentos. We also visit the late singer-songwriter KAN's favorite lunch spot.

Many of you may remember the sudden rise in popularity of a particular game-sport resembling a ball on a stick from almost a decade ago. That toy was none other than the skill toy, kendama. Back then, ...

Wyatt Bray is the No. 1 kendama player in the world. The 20-year-old Portland native took home the title at the Kendama World Cup in Osaka, Japan, last July. "When I tell people that I'm a ...

Like all good games, Kendama is easy-ish to learn and frustrating as all ever-loving £%&*@£^% to master. What’s a poor entrepreneur to do when a game hasn’t changed for 400 years? Rename it Dendama, ...