363 Days and counting until we are back in the beautiful city of Kyoto, Japan. Check back often for pictures like these featured from our last trip there in 2016. There will be many great ones to come and be shared when we get back in May of 2020 from the next new trip!
Category: Kyoto 2016
Thursday Pics of the Week
What better choice than our Kyoto group at the Butokuden on the morning of rank promotion and recommendations by Hanshi Tallack. Below is more of the group outside of the Butokuden on the same day.
Kyoto, Japan – Final Update
Sorry that this final update took so long, there was a lot to do upon returning to the dojo, and even more photos and things to sort through before this final update. On the final morning of the first group’s visit. Hanshi Tallack held a small ceremony at the Butokuden, where we had been training…
Thursday Pics of the Week
What better choice than the Kiyomizu-Dera Temple, a temple built off the side of a mountain! Taken by the Canadian delegation at the 5th World Butokusai from our trip to Kyoto, Japan this past week. Look out for our final trip update with more pictures to come soon!
Kyoto, Japan – Part 6
Part 6 incorporates our last three days in Kyoto, because these days were so busy with official events, we unfortunately don’t have any photographs to share. So the photos from this post are all of the ones taken from my phone that were not uploaded with the other day’s posts, so they are from all…
Tuesday Quote of the Day & Japan Trip Update
Hello Everyone! We are back from Japan! Check back here in the next few days for some additions to our trip pages, as well as the rest of the content I was unable to post while there. But for today, here is the Quote of the Day: “There is nothing impossible to him who will…
Kyoto, Japan – Part 5
Today we had some free time in the morning to visit Kiyomizu Dera temple, after some souvenir shopping and a quick lunch, we headed back to the hotel to change and get ready for our first official dinner for the opening ceremony for the 5th World Butokusai. Pictures during official events are prohibited, so…
Kyoto, Japan – Part 4
Our next day in Kyoto had another small chunk of free time after breakfast. A small group of us walked some of the ‘Philosopher’s Path’ north up towards the Silver Pavilion. It was a great experience to witness some of the zen preparation techniques of the hand groomed gardens and rock trails masterly crafted and cared…
Kyoto, Japan – Part 3
Today was a long and tiring, but great day! We started out the morning with group breakfast, then a short walk over to the Heian Jingu Shrine for a quick visit before we started our first day of official seminar classes in the Kyoto Budo Centre. We had members from the Hombu board and other…
Kyoto, Japan – Part 2
Our first full day in Kyoto started off with a beautiful and welcoming sunrise as we moved onto our group breakfast with all attending DNBK members staying at our hotel for the duration of the trip. We met some great new people and got a chance to see some old friends as we conversed throughout…
Kyoto, Japan – Part 1
Hi everyone, here is the first of hopefully many updates of our trip to Kyoto, Japan from April 23rd to May 4th, 2016. This morning’s (our time in Japan) update is the departure pictures from Kingston, look forward to some more updates later this evening. Kyle
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