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, ...

Visitors to the Boston Public Garden are discovering the captivating world of Kendama, a centuries-old toy that combines elements of juggling, sword fighting, and dance. The origins of Kendama are ...

If you’ve been waiting, now is the perfect time to take up the traditional children’s game. As the game grows in popularity overseas, kendama is also getting a bit of extra attention in Japan, it ...

A kendama craze has swept the North Shore. A couple hundred enthusiasts of the addictive wooden skill toy braved the rainy conditions on a recent Saturday afternoon to show off their kendama moves, ...

Almost every child that has grown up in Japan has seen a kendama, a wooden traditional Japanese toy consisting of a ken (sword) and tama (ball) connected by a length of string. The ken has three cups ...

You might have seen this simple wooden toy floating around. It consists of a ball connected by a piece of string to a stick. The stick has two cups and a spike. The objective is to get the ball to ...

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 ...

Kendamas are the anti-video game: ball-and-cup toys that are quickly becoming this generation’s Hacky Sack, a craze spreading across the Inland Northwest and the United States, disrupting school days ...

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, ...

Chess enthusiasts who went to Four Points in Mamallapuram to watch the Olympiad were fascinated by a Japanese player showing his skills in the ancient game of Kendama. CHENNAI: Chess enthusiasts who ...