Komyo ReikiDo Melbourne

08/02/2026

A fantastic opportunity to study with Hyakuten Inamoto in Kyoto and visit Mt. Kurama, the birthplace of Reiki. This fully immersive experience invites your Reiki practice to unfold in the land of its origin, far from the distractions of city noise. Nestled at the base of the Higashiyama Mountains and surrounded by exquisite Japanese gardens, your practice will deepen, offering a profound sense of connection, presence, and understanding.

​Itinerary includes:
❤️4 days Shinpiden training with Inamoto Hyakuten Sensei.
❤️Reiki Shares after dinner, using Komyo ReikiDo practices.
❤️Optional Zen meditation before breakfast.
❤️Walking up Mt. Kurama to Osugi Gongen, where it is believed Mikao Usui Sensei felt 'Great Reiki' nearby.
❤️Tea ceremony in an on-site traditional Tea House with a Tea Ceremony Master.
❤️6 nights' Accommodation with private bathroom facilities.
❤️ Buffet-style meals.

This will be a residential retreat and training in the north of Kyoto, about 50 minutes by public transport from Kyoto Station (35 mins by taxi).

Photo: Kansai Seminar House where the training & retreat will be held. The foliage in June will be green and lush.

Pre-requisite: Existing Reiki Master (Reiki Master practitioner and/or Reiki Master Teacher), Komyo ReikiDo Shihan Candidates/Shihan and Komyo ReikiDo Okuden who took Level 3 before June 2025. Certificates will be requested.

***Early bird price until 31st March***
*******Limited to 20 people*******
​For details, email: krd.melbourne@gmail.com

03/02/2026

Komyo ReikiDo (KRD) Reiju Review online Refresher is scheduled for the 28th February 2026 with Hyakuten Inamoto Sensei. This 3 hour online refresher will include questions and answers on any Reiki subject and/or KRD level.

An opportunity for existing KRD students to refresh their existing levels & immerse in the spiritual path of Komyo ReikiDo with the founder.

Please note that distant Reiju will not be offered as this practice is not allowed within the KRD community.

Pre-requisites to registration:
• Only KRD students, practitioners and teachers may refresh/review their existing KRD levels.
• Copy of your Komyo ReikiDo certificates
• Your Komyo ReikiDo lineage if not taught by Hyakuten Inamoto.
This seminar is open to the worldwide KRD community.

KRD Reiju Review Refresher date:
28th February 2026

***European times zones: dates are the same as above.
WET 12am to 3am
CET 1am to 4am
EEST 2am to 5am

***Asia Timezones: dates are the same as above.
5:45am to 8:45am Kathmandu
8am to 11am Taipei, Singapore
9am to 12pm Kyoto time

***Australia & New Zealand: dates are the same as above.
11am to 2pm Melbourne, Sydney
1pm to 4pm Auckland

***Americas Timezones: the day before the above-listed dates.
PT 4pm to 7pm
MT 5pm to 8pm
CT 6pm to 9pm
ET 7pm to 10pm

For registration or enquiries, please email:
komyoreikido.international@gmail.com

02/02/2026

For existing KRD teachers, a Refresher with Inamoto Sensei.

Komyo ReikiDo (KRD) Reiju Review online Refresher is scheduled for the 28th February 2026 with Hyakuten Inamoto Sensei. This 3 hour online refresher will include questions and answers on any Reiki subject and/or KRD level.

An opportunity for existing KRD students to refresh their existing levels & immerse in the spiritual path of Komyo ReikiDo with the founder.

Please note that distant Reiju will not be offered as this practice is not allowed within the KRD community.

Pre-requisites to registration:
• Only KRD students, practitioners and teachers may refresh/review their existing KRD levels.
• Copy of your Komyo ReikiDo certificates
• Your Komyo ReikiDo lineage if not taught by Hyakuten Inamoto.
This seminar is open to the worldwide KRD community.

KRD Reiju Review Refresher date:
28th February 2026

***European times zones: dates are the same as above.
WET 12am to 3am
CET 1am to 4am
EEST 2am to 5am

***Asia Timezones: dates are the same as above.
5:45am to 8:45am Kathmandu
8am to 11am Taipei, Singapore
9am to 12pm Kyoto time

***Australia & New Zealand: dates are the same as above.
11am to 2pm Melbourne, Sydney
1pm to 4pm Auckland

***Americas Timezones: the day before the above-listed dates.
PT 4pm to 7pm
MT 5pm to 8pm
CT 6pm to 9pm
ET 7pm to 10pm

For registration or enquiries, please email:
komyoreikido.international@gmail.com

21/01/2026

'The purpose if the rose is to be a rose. Your purpose is to be yourself. You don't have to run anywhere to become someone else. You are wonderful just as you are.'......Thich Nhat Hanh

20/01/2026

*This is a paid advertisement*

Return to the Source: Reiki Training and Retreat in Kyoto
16th June to 22nd June 2026.

An exceptional opportunity to study with Hyakuten Inamoto, Founder of Komyo ReikiDo, north of Kyoto near the base of Mt. Hiei.

This immersive residential training and retreat offers:
* Comfortable accommodation
* Buffet style meals
* Comprehensive Komyo ReikiDo training in English.
* Traditional Japanese tea ceremony
* Reiki shares
* Zen meditation
* Mt. Kurama tour

Places are limited. Book soon!

Bookings: https://www.komyoreikidomelbourne.au/specialeventinkyoto

17/01/2026

Thank you Justin B Stein - Reiki Research for this.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AudtJbVr7/

Apologies for the clipped photo. Please click on the link to see the photo in full and article.

17/01/2026

Thank you Justin B. Stein - Reiki Research

According to the caption of this remarkable photo, it was was taken 100 years today, on January 16, 1926. Read from right to left, it says that it contains all of the Shinshin Kaizen Usui Reiki Ryōhō "reiju-sha" (people who could give reiju, the precursor to Reiki initiations) at that time. Less than two months later, Usui-sensei would make his transition.

I first* encountered this photo in Frank Arjava Petter's groundbreaking 2012 book This Is Reiki (I believe there was an earlier 2009 German edition), and I would like to express my gratitude to Arjava, as well as to Olaf Böhm and Mochizuki Tosh*taka, for sharing their research.

Arjava's caption in This Is Reiki identifies six of the twenty-one men in the photo (please note, I am just numbering them in order that they are in the photo).

1. Back row, far left, Captain Wanami Hōichi (1883–1975, would become Rear Admiral in 1931), fifth Gakkai president (c. 1960–1975)
2. Back row, third from left, Rear Admiral Taketomi Kan'ichi (1878–1960), third Gakkai president (1935–1945, c. 1947–1960)
3. Second row, third from left, Usui Mikao (1865–1926), founder and first Gakkai president
4. Second row, fourth from left, Rear Admiral Ushida Jūzaburō (1865–1935), second Gakkai president (1926–1935)
5. Front row, far left, Captain Hayashi Chūjirō (c. 1880–1940), founder of Hayashi Reiki Kenkyūkai
6. Inset, far right, Tomabechi Gizō (1880–1959)

I don't know exactly who the other fifteen men are, but judging from a 1928 Gakkai list of dai-shihan and shihan, they likely include most of the following:

7. Rear Admiral Eguchi Kaname (1877–1942)
8. Captain Tsunematsu Kenzō (d. 1945)
9. Rear Admiral Imaizumi Tetsutarō (1877–1945)
10. Captain-Engineer Sadanaga Jigorō (d. 1944)
11. Mine Umetarō (1865–1934)
12. Rear Admiral Harada Shōsaku (1874–1961)
13. Rear Admiral Mikami Yosh*tada (1880–1947)
14. Senju Takejirō (1870–1957)
15. Haraguchi Saburō
16. Ōtsuka Kaoru
17. Naval Engineer Yoshizaki Tokuichirō
18. Ueda Matajirō
19. Miyagawa Yoshisaburō
20. Sumida Akira
21. Captain Isobe Ken (b. 1873)

100 years later, the number of people authorized to give reiju / initiations has grown dramatically, from these 21 Japanese men to likely tens of thousands worldwide. Our research into these early Reiki Masters continues, but for now I would like to raise my hands in gratitude to these pioneers of our practice, as well as to all of my fellow historical researchers for our collective efforts to better understand the roots of our practice.

*Edit: It has been pointed out to me that I likely first encountered this photo in Tadao Yamaguchi's Light on the Origins of Reiki, which was translated into English and published in 2007, and I think that is likely correct. Apparently the original photo comes from a relative of Tadao's mother, Chiyoko Yamaguchi. Apologies for the mix-up and thank you to Mari Okazaki for providing some more information about the origin of the image.

03/01/2026

For existing KRD Shoden and/or Chuden students to learn from the founder of Komyo ReikiDo, Hyakuten Inamoto ❤️❤️❤️

Komyo ReikiDo (KRD) Shoden & Chuden online Refresher is scheduled for the 17th & 18th January 2026 with Hyakuten Inamoto Sensei.

An opportunity for existing KRD students to refresh their existing levels & immerse in the spiritual path of Komyo ReikiDo with the founder.

Please note that distant Reiju will not be offered as this practice is not allowed within the KRD community.

Pre-requisites to registration:
• Only KRD students, practitioners and teachers may refresh/review their existing KRD levels.
• Copy of your Komyo ReikiDo certificates
• Your Komyo ReikiDo lineage if not taught by Hyakuten Inamoto.
This seminar is open to the worldwide KRD community.

KRD Shoden Refresher date:
17th January 2026

KRD Chuden Refresher date:
18th January 2026

***European times zones: dates are the same as above.
WET 12am to 3am
CET 1am to 4am
EEST 2am to 5am

***Asia Timezones: dates are the same as above.
5:45am to 8:45am Kathmandu
8am to 11am Taipei, Singapore
9am to 12pm Kyoto time

***Australia & New Zealand: dates are the same as above.
11am to 2pm Melbourne, Sydney
1pm to 4pm Auckland

***Americas Timezones: the day before the above-listed dates.
PT 4pm to 7pm
MT 5pm to 8pm
CT 6pm to 9pm
ET 7pm to 10pm

For registration or enquiries, please email:
komyoreikido.international@gmail.com

02/01/2026

A study on Reiki for managing pain ❤️

31/12/2025

For the New Year, may you be guided by wisdom, and surrounded by peace. May each day bring renewed purpose, clarity of heart, and gratitude for every blessing. Wishing you a year filled with grace, hope, and spiritual growth through meaningful Reiki practice.

27/12/2025

A fantastic opportunity to study with Hyakuten Inamoto in Kyoto and visit Mt. Kurama, the birthplace of Reiki. This fully immersive experience invites your Reiki practice to unfold in the land of its origin, far from the distractions of city noise. Nestled at the base of the Higashiyama Mountains and surrounded by exquisite Japanese gardens, your practice will deepen, offering a profound sense of connection, presence, and understanding.

​Itinerary includes:
❤️4 days Shinpiden training with Inamoto Hyakuten Sensei.
❤️Reiki Shares after dinner, using Komyo ReikiDo practices.
❤️Optional Zen meditation before breakfast.
❤️Walking up Mt. Kurama to Osugi Gongen, where it is believed Mikao Usui Sensei felt 'Great Reiki' nearby.
❤️Tea ceremony in an on-site traditional Tea House with a Tea Ceremony Master.
❤️6 nights' Accommodation with private bathroom facilities.
❤️ Buffet-style meals.

This will be a residential retreat and training in the north of Kyoto, about 50 minutes by public transport from Kyoto Station (35 mins by taxi).

Pre-requisite: Existing Reiki Master (Reiki Master practitioner and/or Reiki Master Teacher), Komyo ReikiDo Shihan Candidates/Shihan and Komyo ReikiDo Okuden who took Level 3 before June 2025. Certificates will be requested.

Early bird price ends 28th February.

​For details, email: krd.melbourne@gmail.com

21/12/2025

My hope is that gentle peace, bright moments, and lasting happiness reach everyone this festive season. May any darkness be filled with light and peace and healing surround the earth.

I am deeply grateful for the support of everyone this year. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. May peace and light be yours, now and as we move forward.