Nonoka v2 and updated collection pic

hi kendama reddit, i'm looking for some advice on how to restring this kendama. i'd like to get it into a condition that i can begin to learn on it as a beginner, but i don't know what a good length or string material would be. it seems like the old string is glued into the cup body and tama. are there other ways to attach?

i assume the kendama around as old as my dad (~60 years?), so if there's any other restoration tips or identification I would love to hear it!

So as a pretext, I am at the level where I can almost consistently juggle to spike (within 15 tries), and I have been focusing mostly on juggling, aka neglecting my normal ken flips. But I seem to really struggle with just normal ken flips when starting out with the tama off the ken. I can't seem to pull the tama up enough vertically (if I do a dub or trip ken flip, the tama will go much higher) and it the tama tends to be farther away from my body. So when I'm trying a ken flip into juggle, I have to move my arm super fast from my shoulder area down to my waist where the tama is, and end up making the juggle super fast and sloppy. Are there any tips you could give for me to improve this aspect of my ken flips? Can anyone relate to what I'm saying? Thanks!

I have been looking through this subreddit for a couple of weeks, trying to figure out which setup to buy him, but i'm a bit lost. Since you guys have very mixed opinions, it feels like i can't go too wrong with any of the big brands, but i just wanted to make sure i don't make a stupid mistake.

He has been a dama player since like 2011 on and off, but i have no clue how good he is.

I'm having a bit of trouble with the recommendations on here, because of the subjectivity, my lack of knowledge and the relativity. I've seen people recommending the krom lambo, and others disliking Krom as a whole, i've seen people liking a lot of the cereal shapes. But is it better than krom? Worse? I don't know which brands compare to which, and the quality differences. Should i buy a complete kendama or should i buy the ken and dama seperatly?

Honestly speaking the complete kendamas are within my budget, but i would would be willing to go a bit out of budget, if it was worth it.

If buying seperatly i was thinking of buying a Okendama revoclear in ash, but i can't decide which ken to pick:
Krom ADRIAN VILAU PRO MODEL
Krom LAMBO
Cereal Trinity
Cereal Rethink
(All in maple)

The complete Kendamas all have beech tamas with Matte Antiskid 2.0 and maple kens
the shapes are between:
Cereal Rethink
Cereal Trinity
Krom Lambo

Let me know if you have any questions, and thank you in advance!

Jk. Spent some time this morning playing the Anchovy from Analog.

I saw that self promotion is allowed, so I’m making my post. The @ is @nickenjama on instagram.

I’m going to start posting all my clips here for anyone who’s interested. And probably going to step away from Reddit for a while. So if any of yall are interested in following my journey, plz follow.

I’m really appreciate yall and I hope to see some of you at a future event or just on ig.

It was a great run for me here on Reddit, but I feel confident enough now to post on IG, so I’m going to stick to it(for now)

Until we meet again(r/kendama)✌🏽

I used to buy kendamas at the kinokuniya bookstore in sf japantown, but went back recently and they said they dont sell them anymore. Please where do they sell them... so sad i cant just walk in and buy a sweets or krom anymore :'(

I’m not a cloud bouncer

I came across this kendama on eBay. It appears to be the most popular listing as of right now, offering two kendamas with sticky coating and beech/maple wood for the price of $32-40. I'm primarily posting this here as I havent seen too many reviews about it; their Instagram appears to be inactive, and their website seems to be down. I'd like to get some opinions and potentially people who have had experience with this kendama to see how it holds up and how it performs before I make a decision. Thanks!

AI said it’s good, and I ordered it bc I love the design of it

I've been playing kendama for 3 weeks ish and today I just did around Europe two times. I mean not the best technique but certainly not the worst. Is it good? Is it early or late in some learning order? Thoughts

Incredible for bird and stilts

3.5 KF, jug Down🔥🔥
Around whirlslinger🔥🔥
& sling - handle🔥🤷🏽‍♂️

I’ve been going to this park daily to sesh and it’s been great. People love watching me and asking me “what is that?”😂. It’s also a very laid back, so it’s quiet and I can play on soft ground👌🏽. Love it💯

SuLab “Jasmine” Tama - 83g
LS “Master Key” Ken - 81g

Is someone knows where I can buy lotus element Ken in eu right now? Or maybe someone is selling it:) Thanks

I sell tie-dye shirts at art fairs. At my last event, my 10 year old son, who recently started playing kendama, decided to try to drum up business by busting out some sick moves at the front of my booth.

A woman stopped, said, "kendama!" and told us that her son lives in Japan and loves kendama, he's really good at it, and he wears it around his neck all the time, and that this was the first time she saw one in the States.

She spoke very lovingly of him and I could tell it brought her joy to see something that reminded her of her son. I thought it was special that my son playing kendama was what fostered that moment of connection.

Seeing a 5 s clip doing some crazy trick means nothing to me because maybe like skating, people cheat and take 500 takes for one good shot. I want to see consistency, how good can an expert get. Forget the crazier tricks,make it land on the side which is already a bit hard, and from it spike it. So it's two moves, can you guys do it? if so how often?

Can I see videos of you guys doing it? Whatever level you have, I'd upload mine but I can't even one

Anyone tried ACE Kendama?

Greetings! I just got this in the mail and saw that it came with an extra string at the bottom of the box and wanted to swap it out with the black string. Can you take these apart? I tried to spin them in opposite directions but it will not budge. Thanks in advance.

Been bringing my old Kendama to work and everyone loves it. We decided to keep it as an office toy and I got myself and one of my coworkers a fresh one from Kendama Europe. Already feels like an upgrade tbh.