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KENDAMA

Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Apr 15, 2018
The gadget scoop on Slush Tokyo
On: Tech looks at a few items from Slush Tokyo, one of Â鶹´«Ã½ largest startup and tech conferences: Toletto, the smart litter box, the high-quality sound speaker Ovo and a smartphone-enhanced kendama game.
BUSINESS
Jun 19, 2015
Avex Music Kendama: Having a ball with DJ Koo
Gentosha Inc. is taking kendama, a classic Japanese ball-and-cup toy, to a new level with a little help from DJ Koo, a member of f the Japanese pop group TRF.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 8, 2014
Kendama: a whole new ball game
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.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 8, 2014
Kendama: spin doctors
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 will put on a performance that completely redefines the traditional wooden toy.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 8, 2014
Kendama: great balls of fire
The photographers who attended the Catch & Flow tournament in September would have been well advised to keep an eye on their equipment, as some of the tricks performed during the freestyle competition were so outrageous that balls flew dangerously close to their lenses.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 11, 2014
Popularity of ¡®kendama¡¯ abroad spurs trend at home
The traditional cup-and-ball game ¡°kendama¡± is back, thanks to a new ¡°cool¡± image mostly nurtured overseas and imported back to Japan.
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