Tour Itinerary
Journey To Where It All Began
A Pilgrimage to Japan for Students of Any Level of Reiki
April 21-29, 2023
April 21, 2023 (Friday) Welcome to Japan – Day 1
Arrival
- Independent arrival at Kansai Airport (KIX), with Private Transfer to hotel (included)
- Accommodation: Hotel Resol Trinity Kyoto
- Welcome Dinner as a group (included)

April 22, 2023 (Saturday) Classic Kyoto – Day 2
Privately Guided Day by Public Transportation
- Breakfast in the hotel (included)
- Sanjusangendo (Temple of the Thousand Armed Kannon)
- Samurai Style Tea Ceremony at Bikouen Tea House
- Lunch at a local restaurant (included)
- Nishi Honganji (Jodo Pure Land Buddhist Temple)
- Nishiki Market (A traditional foods paradise)
- Open Evening for you to explore restaurants, bars, karaoke, and other activities around Kyoto (self-pay). Yoshie will be glad to help you make your plans for the evening if you ask her during the day.

April 23, 2023
(Sunday) Kurama Day 1 – Day 3
Privately Guided Day by Public Transportation
- Breakfast in the hotel (included)
- Take taxi to Demachiyanagi station, then Eizan line train to Kurama station
- Guide Yoshie Hara framiliarizes us with Mount Kurama
- Box Lunches provided to be eaten on the mountain (included)
- Tour of the mountain continues until sunset
- Transfer back to Downtown Kyoto by Public Transportation
- Open Evening for you to explore restaurants, bars, karaoke, and other activities around Kyoto (self-pay). Yoshie will be glad to help you make your plans for the evening if you ask her during the day.

April 24, 2022 (Monday) Tokyo Day Trip – Day 4
Privately Guided Day by Public Transportation
- Breakfast in the hotel (included)
- Take the Shinkansen to Tokyo (bullet train)
- Reiki self-treatment on the train
- Meet Dr. Justin B. Stein in Tokyo
- Lunch at a local restaurant (included)
- Tour of Usui Memorial at Saihoji temple and cemetery
- Tour of Meiji Jingu and Meiji Shrine
- Dinner as a group in Tokyo at a local restaurant (included)
- Return to Kyoto in the night by Shinkansen

April 25, 2022 (Wednesday) Kurama Day 2– Day 5
Privately Guided Day
- Breakfast in the hotel (included)
- Take taxi to Demachiyanagi station, then Eizan line train to Kurama station
- Meet Dr. Justin B. Stein for a guided Reiki tour of Mount Kurama
- Box Lunches provided to be eaten on the mountain (included)
- Tour of the mountain with Dr. Stein continues until sunset
- Transfer back to Downtown Kyoto by Public Transportation
- Go to Dinner with with Dr. Stein (self-pay)
- He might be convinced to go to Karaoke with us…
- Or enjoy the evening on your own if you prefer

April 26, 2022 (Wednesday) Western Kyoto Arashiyama – Day 6
Privately Guided Day by Public Transportation
- Breakfast in the hotel (included)
- Otagi Nenbutsuji Temple (with 1,200 cute moss-covered Buddha statues)
- Lunch at a local restaurant (included)
- Tenryuji Temple (famous for its scenic garden and pond)
- Arashiyama Bamboo Forest (pictured at right)
- Open Evening for you to explore restaurants, bars, karaoke, and other activities around Kyoto (self-pay). Yoshie will be glad to help you make your plans for the evening if you ask her during the day.

April 27, 2022 (Thursday) Fushimi’s Tori Gates – Day 7
Privately Guided Day by Public Transportation
- Breakfast in the hotel (included)
- Fushimi Inari-Taisha Shrine (a full mountain covered in picture perfect Tori gates)
- Manshuin Temple (with famed Zen garden and raked dry stone landscape)
- Lunch at a local restaurant (included)
- Enkoji Temple (famous for it’s “Running Dragon Garden”)
- Shisendo Temple (a smaller Zen temple also famous for it’s landscape)
- Open Evening for you to explore restaurants, bars, karaoke, and other activities around Kyoto (self-pay). Yoshie will be glad to help you make your plans for the evening if you ask her during the day.

April 28, 2022 (Friday) Kurama Day 3 – Day 8
Privately Guided Day
- Breakfast in the hotel (included)
- Take taxi to Demachiyanagi station, then Eizan line train to Kurama station
- Yoshie leads group from Kurama side, over the top of the mountain, to the Kibune side
- Lunch in Kibune in a restaurant over the river (self-pay)
- Tour Kibune with Yoshie
- Transfer back to Downtown Kyoto by Public Transportation
- Enjoy a Farewell Dinner with the group at a local restaurant (included)
April 29, 2022 (Saturday) Sayonara – Day 9
Departure
- Breakfast in the hotel (included)
- Independent Departure with Private Transfer to the Airport (included)