per client. He actively promoted Reiki throughout Japan and held seminars to teach Reiki to a great number of people. One of his organizers was Wasaburo Sugano, the uncle of Chiyoko Yamaguchi, the founder of Jikiden Reiki. Sugano began organizing trainings for Hayashi from around 1930 onwards. From 1935 they were held at the Sugano's residence in Daishoji, Ishiwawa prefecture. Upon the invitation of Hawayo Takata, Hayashi visited Hawaii between October 1937-February1938. According to the Hawaii Hochi newspaper he taught 350 students from all races the practitioner degrees, Shoden and Okuden, while in Hawaii. Chujiro Hayashi ended his life at his villa in Atami – a hot spring resort near Mt Fuji – on May 11, 1940. He was succeeded by his wife, Chie Hayashi as the head of the Hayashi Reiki Kenkyukai, which closed its doors in the mid-1950s. Only two of his students and their successors are known to teach Reiki in public, Chiyoko Yamaguchi and Hawayo Takata. Circulation of Reiki in the world Through Hawayo Takata Reiki spread first in the US and later all over the world. Some changes happened to the way of practicing it in this process of internationalization. Chiyoko Yamaguchi founded the Jikiden Reiki Institute in 1999, together with her son Tadao Yamaguchi. In Jikiden Reiki the original teachings are unchanged, the course content is identical to what Chiyoko Yamaguchi and other family members learned from Chujiro Hayashi in the 1930s. See also Alternative Medicine Laying on of hands Glossary of alternative medicine US National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Timeline of Reiki history Notes External links Masaki Nishini: Hayashi's activities in Hawaii, retrieved 30 January 2022. Bibliography Yamaguchi, Tadao (2007). Light on the Origins of Reiki. A handbook for Practicing the Original Reiki of Usui and Hayashi. Twin Lakes: Lotus Press. ISBN 978-0-9149-5565-8. Petter, Frank Arjava (2012). This is Reiki: Transformation of Body, Mind and Soul from the Origins to the Practice. Twin Lakes: Lotus Press. ISBN 978-0940985018. Nishina, Masaki (2014). Reiki and Japan. A Cultural View of Western and Japanese Reiki. English edition. Kleemann, Silke; Jayne, Amanda (2021). Women in Reiki. Lifetimes dedicated to healing in 1930s Japan and today. English edition. 1880 births 1940 deaths Meiji period Reiki practitioners Suicides by sharp instrument in Japan Seppuku from Meiji period to present