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 ...

SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - It seems every generation has a toy to challenge and frustrate children - whether it's a paddle ball, a yo-yo, or hacky-sack, recently, kids are having a ball with Kendama. Kendama ...

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.

At a time when young people of all ages are focused on electronics and apps, the popularity of the kendama — a traditional Japanese toy made out of wood — seems like an anomaly. It hasn't caught on ...

PLYMOUTH, Minn. — Hundreds of people from around the world are in Minnesota this weekend to compete in North America's largest kendama tournament. Kendama is a traditional Japanese skill toy ...

The Japanese skill toy known as the Kendama has had a wild ride from its origins in France all the way to becoming intertwined in the Hip-Hop community via No jumper and Adam22. We would see rappers ...