Altogether, it was quite an opposite culture from Hombu Dojo in Tokyo. Because it is in the capital of Japan, Hombu’s membership consists of white-collar workers, intellectuals, businessmen, politicians and university students." It has been noted by aikido researchers affiliated with other styles that many of the senior teachers at the Aikikai spent little time training under Morihei Ueshiba, and that Kisshomaru Ueshiba and Koichi Tohei were largely responsible for the Aikikai curriculum and following Tohei's departure, Kisaburo Osawa. As a result, it has been argued that the teachings of the Aikikai are derived from those of the first Doshu, Kisshomaru, and that the art promulgated by the Aikikai differs from that taught by Morihei Ueshiba.