A friend of mine whom I work alongside on J-Rock Kingdom IV informed me of an upcoming Japanese festival, and wait for it, involving kendama! Yes kendama!
Discover the latest addition to Tokyo Street that sells the Kendama, a popular Japanese toy in different shapes, sizes and colours, for the first time in Malaysia.
So what is Kendama?
The kendama (けん玉, "sword [and] ball")is a traditional Japanese skill toy. It consists of a handle (ken), a pair of cups (sarado), and a ball (tama) that are all connected together by a string. On one end of the ken is a cup, while the other end of ken is narrowed down, forming a spike (kensaki) that fits into the hole (ana) of thet ama. The kendamais the Japanese version of the classic cup-and-ball game, and is also a variant of the French cup-and-ball game bilboquet. Kendama can be held in different grips, and the tricks and combinations that can be done are limitless. The principle of these toys are the same: catching one object with another, where both are joined by a string.
I myself growing up playing kendama due to my father working with the Japanese
KENDAMA EXPERIENTIAL BOOTH 6-19 April 2015
Witness the heart-stopping performance of Kendama and learn the juggling feats by Japanese duo ‘Zoomadanke’ as they infused music and dance into their performance.
Thanks to my friend Shaun I was able to hangout with the duo post-event.
Watching them performing live was phenomenal
Kendama Competition
12 April 2015 | 2.30pm
Master the art of Kendama and compete for a chance to win a MUGEN MUSOU worth RM340 or COOAT KENDAMA worth RM180.*
All the participants, local and international warming up.
NatuRock Jewelry
Apart of kendama event, the festival also focus on NatuRock Jewelry, an eco friendly jewelry brand made from selected lava all over the world. If you apply some aroma oil or perfume to it, you can wear the fragrance about for a week. They introduced lava jewelry in VIP party of Academy Awards in 2009 and the innovativeness was highly praised by Hollywood stars like Black Eyed Peas. In Japan, the products were featured in some magazines such as LEON and GOETHE.
They brought along their most famous line, the bracelet.
NatuRock founder and occasionally model for the lines, Mr Toshiaki Sato.
The festival continue for several more days but sadly I couldn't attend the rest due to my other commitments. But from the updates I received from Shaun, they have beautiful Bonsai exhibition and class, and fashion show inspired by kimono >w<
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