How to get to the Usui Memorial - Tokyo
The Location of Usui Sensei's Grave and Monument,  from Tokyo Central Station.

 1. Take subway "Marunouchi Line", bound for "Ogikubo". (Train bound for "Ikebukuro" is opposite direction. )
  
2. Get off the train at "Shin-koenji" station, which is 2 stops before "Ogikubo".
 
3.  Turn right (east) from subway exit and walk to the traffic light at "Itsukaichi Kaido Rd." (big road - Sun convenience store at corner.) Cross the street and turn right (south), and follow the narrow lane leading from the road as shown in the map below. You will see the cemetary grounds soon on your right.

4. Inside the temple grounds, walk past the bell to the water hut on the right. Turn right and follow the main path into the cemetary, and turn left at the 2nd last path before the large monument in front of you (the last path being at the monument). Walk to the 2nd path again and turn left. You should be able to see the large Usui Memorial from here. It is just a few paces away on the right.


Image courtesy of Rick Rivard - Reiki Threshold

How to get to Mt. Kurama - Kyoto
Kurama Steps (above)

From Tokyo, take a Shinkansen (bullet train) from Tokyo station to Kyoto via Nagoya.

If you are arriving straight from Narita, the international airport outside of Tokyo, take an express train to Tokyo station and then proceed as described above.

The train station in Narita is easy to find, there are big signs in the arrival hall.

The train station is located below the airport. The trip to Kyoto takes about three hours.


(*The image above illustrates the last two stops of the Eizan Kurama Line and a map of the feature shrines on Mt. Kurama)

Once you arrive at Kyoto Central Station make your way to Demachiyanagi Station.

You can get there either by subway or by bus/taxi. From there you take a train on the Eizan Kurama Line and get off at the last stop, Kurama.

Follow the road uphill for about five minutes and you will reach the entrance of Kurama Temple.

When you enter the temple grounds you are given an English pamphlet (right) which includes a map of all the temples and shrines of the area as well as the philosophy of the Kurama Temple in English.