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REIKI NORTH IDAHO
Priest River,
Idaho 83856
208-946-1686 or
946-1686
Mikao Usui Memorial Tour
Mikao Usui's Memorial & Gravesite
In October 2005, I
spent time visiting Reiki sites in Japan. It was a
wonderful experience in that Japan is very beautiful country with very
friendly people and many places to visit. The visit to Reiki Founder
Mikao Usui’s Memorial involved visiting a different temple
at first as I had misplaced the directions so kindly supplied by Arjava
Petter. But, there are no coincidences, and I had the opportunity to
converse briefly with a visiting monk from Korea. When we did locate the site,
we took careful notes so that we might provide others with directions.
We suspect that others may also find themselves lost along the way
and encourage you to enjoy that as a part of your journey.
A suggestion is
that you take the Tokyo Subway's Marunouchi Line (shown as red on the
Tokyo Subway Route Maps) to the Shin-Koenji Station. As you go upstairs
and come out of the station's Exit 1, please walk to your right and look
for the flower shop on your right. It is right next to a very nice
produce store and a "7-11" store. We found the neighborhood to be quite
busy and friendly. There's a really nice coffee shop operated by a blues
enthusiast whom we visited with on the way back. We followed Arjava Petter's suggestion to pick up some flowers to bring to the grave, and
you might want to do that too (Arjava mentions bringing flowers without
thorns). We also brought along incense. Now walk down the street to your
right to the traffic light after you leave the flower shop and then
cross the street to the Sun-R-Us store. If you walk just a few steps to
the right, there is a small peaceful and residential lane on your left
just to the right of a styling salon called Milly Molly Mandy's." The
window of the salon tells the story of how Milly Molly Mandy's came to
be.
When you
walk to the end of the lane (it's not very far) and go through the gate,
you will go past a small school and onto the peaceful grounds of the
Saihoji Pure Land Buddhist Temple. If you look to your right you will
see a bell and then a statue of Quan Yin. There is a dipper lying across
some water at Quan Yin's statue. We were taught that the dipper is for
cleansing and to fill from the water holding it in your left hand
rinsing your right hand first, move the dipper to your right hand and
then rinsing your left. You then wipe your mouth, but you don't drink
the water.
You're
almost there! Take a right down the first walkway after Quan Yin. Take
the second left from the far end, and then your second left again. You
will see the Memorial to Reiki Founder Usui on your right. The grave
sites of Mikao Usui and his family are to the left of the memorial. You
will see the vases for the flowers, and you will also see Usui's family
crest in front of, and on the marker. Some Reiki historians have said
that not all of Usui Sensei’s remains are located at this site but are
at another place.
I
hope you enjoy your visit as we did, and suggest that you spend some
time there in peaceful meditation. It's a great time to consider being
thankful that Reiki was brought to the modern world and to you!
I hope that you enjoy the photos and am happy for the opportunity to
share them with you. There are 37 pictures in this gallery that take you
from the subway station to the Usui Memorial and Saihoji Temple where it
is located. You can travel through the thumbnails by clicking the arrow
on the right below. Clicking on a thumbnail will bring a larger view of
that photo below the thumbnails.
Photo-Journey to Usui's Memorial & Gravesite
I hope that you enjoy the photos and am happy for the opportunity to
share them with you. There are 37 pictures in this gallery that take you
from the subway station to the Usui Memorial and Saihoji Temple where it
is located. You can travel through the thumbnails by clicking the arrow
on the right below. Clicking on a thumbnail will bring a larger view of
that photo below the thumbnails.
Tokyo Subway Map Showing Marunouchi Line
Exit from Shin Koenji Station Flower Shop to the right of the subway exit Produce Shop and 7-11 Store to right of Flower Shop. Sun R Us Store on corner after Flower Shop Milly Molly Mandy's and lane leading to Saihoji Temple where Usui Memorial is located. This is about two thirds of the way down the lane to the Saihoji Temple. Temple Address Marker at the end of the lane Entry gate to Saihoji Temple Grounds There is a small pond with sculptures to the right after passing through the gate Bell Tower just after the Pond and Scultures Sideview of Quan Yin Statue Turn right down the lane just before this marker This water shed is across the lane from the marker in the previous picture. If you take the second left from the end of the lane and then take your second left again, you will see the Mikao Usui Memorial on your right. The first left from the end of the lane is right before this building, you will need to go back one more lane to get to the memorial:) Memorial to Reiki Founder Mikao Usui errected by his students. View of Usui Family gravesites with Chiba Family crest Another photo of Usui Memorial with Kanji text written by his students commemorating his life and work. A view of the back of the Memorial A view of the Usui Memorial through the foliage. The Reiki Kanji is near the top. A partial view to show some of the Kanji. Another closer view of the Kanji Samll pool of water to left side of Usui Family Memorial. This marker is located at the rear of the Usui family site. Front of Family Site with flowers set out. Saying Thank You to Usui Sensi. Lantern in front of Saihoji Temple Cherry Tree in Bloom near the Saihoji Temple. Saihoji Temple is now a Pureland Buddhist Temple.
Tokyo Subway Map Showing Marunouchi Line
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