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 ...

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 ...

A worker produces a "kendama" toy at Yamagata Koubou Co. in Nagai, Yamagata Prefecture, on May 1, 2020. (Mainichi/Akane Matono) YAMAGATA -- Before they were sucked into the virtual worlds of ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

SINGAPORE - There seems to be a new craze among youths here, and no, it does not involve a gadget. The kendama is a Japanese children's toy made of wood with which players can perform tricks. It ...

"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 ...

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 ...