Genbukan Kusakage Dojo Pictures

Japan 2003 (Photos courtesy of Jonathan Slovacek)

Takanashi_Mansion.jpg (71935 bytes)  Tanemura Shōtō-sōke, former member, and George Kohler taking a break at the at the Guest room (Visiting the Takanashi Mansion in Noda-shi).

Sensei_Tsukuba.jpg (84838 bytes)  Tanemura Shōtō-sōke in front of the Izanagi Shrine (Nantaisan) on Mt. Tsukuba.

Group_Tsukuba.jpg (58635 bytes)  (From left to right) Former member, Tanemura Shōtō-sōke, George Kohler and Jonathan Slovacek. Sitting on a cliff near the Izanami Shrine (Nyotaisan) on Mt. Tsukuba.

Sensei_Jonathan_Tsukuba.jpg (69917 bytes)  Tanemura Shōtō-sōke and Jonathan Slovacek on a cliff near the Izanami Shrine (Nyotaisan) on Mt. Tsukuba.

Group_Dojo.jpg (76027 bytes)  (From left to right) Kneeling: George Kohler, Nagamoto Jin Shihan, Tanemura Shōtō-sōke, former member, and former member. Standing: Kevin Chapman and Jonathan Slovacek.

Sensei_Me_Dojo.jpg (59838 bytes)  Tanemura Shōtō-sōke and George Kohler after testing for his 3rd dan.

Japan 2005 Genbukan World Taikai

Takai_group.jpg (71935 bytes)  (From left to right, starting from the bottom row) Former member, Tanemura Shōtō-sōke, and George Kohler. Back row are two former students.

George_kamiza.jpg (84838 bytes)George Kohler in front of the newly built Genbukan Honbu Dōjō kamiza.

Sensei_rinnoji.jpg (58635 bytes)  Tanemura Shōtō-sōke (next to a former member) during a tour of Nikkō Rinnō-ji temple. The building behind is the Sanbutsu-dō of the Rinnō-ji Temple.

Nikko_monkeys.jpg (69917 bytes)  The carvings of the three wise monkeys (sanzuru) on the Nikkō Tōshō-gū shrine's sacred horse's stable.