Deepen Your Craft
“A really well-rounded cultural and historical experience of Reiki in Japan! Go to deepen your craft and to meet the people, mountains, food, and temples that are home to Reiki.”
Japan Reiki Tours
Journey To Where It All Began
A Reiki Pilgrimage to Japan for Students of Any Level of Reiki
March 15-26, 2024
(Note: This tour is a fundraiser for Reiki Centers of America and its projects.)
With a professional Japanese guide & translator, Hiro Matsumura, and Reiki Master Brian Brunius of the New York City Reiki Center, we’ll start in Tokyo to visit the Usui memorial stone at Saihoji temple and cemetery in Tokyo. We will explore the life and times of the Meiji Emperor in the context of Reiki, and visit the former site of Chujiro Hayashi’s Reiki hospital in Tokyo. Departing on the Shinkansen, the famous bullet train, we will travel to Kyoto.
In Japan’s cultural capital we will explore tastes and experiences designed to help us connect to the spirit of Kyoto and learn some context for the times in which Mikao Usui lived. We will visit Mount Kurama, birthplace of the Reiki system, for three days of the tour. One day on Mount Kurama will be led by Inamoto Hyakuten, founder of Japanese Reiki system Komyo ReikiDo. We will visit the sacred spots Usui Sensei would have experienced as he climbed the mountain for the fateful 21-day fast and meditation that led him to Reiki. We will also descend the mountain to Kibune, one of the most beautifully scenic riverside towns in Japan (a UNESCO World Heritage site). Our guide, Hiro, will lead us for two more days of tours around Kyoto to places such as the famous Arashiyama Bamboo Forest and the tori gates of the Fushi Inari Shrine to help us get the historical view of Japan and to experience the culture, both ancient and modern.
To ensure an intimate and fully interactive experience, this tour is limited to 14 travelers, and all should have been initiated into the first level of Reiki before the tour begins.
Payments and Deadlines
• The tour fee is US $5,895 per person based on double occupancy.
• A non-refundable deposit of US $1,100 is due upon registration to hold your space.
• The Japanese tour company we are working with will accept payment in full or partial payments and accrue the balance until your account is paid in full.
• The final day to register for the tour is January 29, 2024, and that is also the final day to pay any remaining balance on your account directly to the tour company in Japan.
Single Room Supplement: $545 for a single room. (For the nights in the Ryokan, only shared rooms are available. The ryokan doesn’t offer single rtooms.)
For More Information Contact
Brian Brunius
+1 (212) 660-9918
info@nycReikiCenter.com
Deeply Healing
“I throughly enjoyed learning about the history of Reiki in Japan. Yoshie was a wonderful guide and she went above and beyond to ensure everyone’s needs were met. It was also deeply healing to spend time on Mount Kurama and experience the loving energy of that truly special place. The tour was one of the best trips I’ve ever taken!”
Christina Arguelles
Magical
“What an amazing experience. My Reiki tour of Japan was the highlight of 2019 for me. It deepened my connection to Reiki, and helped me experience Japan in a way that I would never have been able to do on my own. Our days on Mt. Kurama were particularly magical and I hope that I can get back someday.”
Juliette Melton
Connect to Reiki
“After years of professional practice and teaching the stories of Usui and Hayashi to students, I wasn’t prepared for how much this trip would change and grow my connection to Reiki! I taught Level 1 the day after I arrived back from making a pilgrimage, and as I shared Usui’s story I could feel the energy of Mount Kurama fill my classroom, and every class since!”
Diane Domondon
Fresh Perspective
“Travel provides us the chance to see life with fresh perspective; to explore the world anew through innocent eyes. The Japan Reiki tour gave me wonderfully touching insights into culture, environment, friends, and colleagues. Allow yourself to be open to pleasant surprises, and they will find you…”
Chris Wood
About our Guides
Hiro Matsumura was born in Tokyo. At age seven, he moved to Moscow where he spent the rest of the elementary school years. At university Hiro played drums in a jazz band and still enjoys playing as a hobby, along with learning the guitar. Hiro’s other hobbies include paragliding, and his current personal record is flying 108km in the skies of Australia. Having visited over twenty countries, Hiro understands diverse points of view, a trait which allows him to clearly explain Japan’s history and culture to guests from various backgrounds. With ten years of experience under his belt, he is also knowledgeable, flexible, and able to provide a high level of insight and customization to the travelers he guides.
Brian Brunius is a Reiki Master and founder of the New York City Reiki Center. Brian is a member of The Reiki Alliance, the international organization of Reiki Masters founded by the students of Hawayo Takata, and has served as its finance administrator for the past 5 years. Brian founded and serves on the board of Reiki Centers of America, a not-for-profit charitable organization committed to preserving and making accessible early Reiki teachings passed on by Hawayo Takata, and empowering Reiki Practitioners and Reiki Masters to develop successful Reiki Centers and thriving Reiki communities in North America and beyond. From his first visit to Mount Kurama which transformed his Reiki practice and teaching, Brian has gone back to the sacred mountain 45 times and loves to share with other Masters and students the profound experience of Reiki and lineage on the mountain.
Lia Van Stigt is a Reiki Master from the Netherlands. She is a member of the Reiki Alliance and is currently practicing Reiki full time at the Erasmus University Medical Center in the Netherlands while also teaching Reiki to interested students. Lia also provides information about Women’s Cancer at the Leiden University Medical Center as an employee of the Olijf Foundation, working together with Oncologists from various hospitals in the Netherlands who know her passion for Reiki. Lia hopes that it will open new doors to further bring Reiki into Regular Care, which is her passion as a Reiki Master. Having enjoyed firsthand the benefits of connecting to the roots of Reiki in Japan, Lia is excited to share her experience with others, deepening their connection to Reiki together.