Partners in Japan

Ōmuro Toyo Sama’s Family

Healing Cultures connections to Japan are also critical to our work. Mukund and Toni make an annual pilgrimage to spend time with people, temples and places that are important to our work and in paying respect to our teachers and lineage in Japan. They visit their teacher, Ōmuro Toyo Sama’s, children and altar and the places that were important to her practice.

Ōmuro Toyo Sama’s eldest son, Kimyo san, along with two of her daughters, Sanaiko san and Tomoko san and Tomoko’s two daughters, Yuko and Yumi, with Mukund in Kanazawa

Ōmuro Toyo Sama’s eldest son, Kimyo san, along with two of her daughters, Sanaiko san and Tomoko san and Tomoko’s two daughters, Yuko and Yumi, with Mukund in Kanazawa

Ōmuro Toyo Sama’s eldest daughter, Tomiko san, with her husband, Kawaguchi Toshihiro san, and son, Kazuyoshi san

Ōmuro Toyo Sama’s eldest daughter, Tomiko san, with her husband, Kawaguchi Toshihiro san, and son, Kazuyoshi san

Kobayashi Family

Mukund and Toni also visit the family that makes the high quality moghusa herb that we use for the Ninniku Okyū treatments. The Kobayashi family has been manufacturing moghusa for seven generations.

The high quality moghusa produced by Kobayashi-rouho

The high quality moghusa produced by Kobayashi-rouho

Toni and Mukund enjoying a special evening with three generations of the Kobayashi family in Nose, Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, where the family and company reside.

Toni and Mukund enjoying a special evening with three generations of the Kobayashi family in Nose, Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, where the family and company reside.

In addition to making moghusa, Masahiro Kobayashi, the current President of Kobayashi-rouho, is also working with Japanese organic tea farmers to market their exceptional organic teas. He offers these teas in his tea house in Japan and they are also available at many Healing Cultures satsang events.

 
The Healing Cultures team hosting Masahiro Kobayash sani, President of Kobayashi-rouho, at the site of our future healing center in California. Kobayashi-rouho produces the high quality moghusa we use in our treatments.

The Healing Cultures team hosting Masahiro Kobayash sani, President of Kobayashi-rouho, at the site of our future healing center in California. Kobayashi-rouho produces the high quality moghusa we use in our treatments.

 

Kakizaki Village

Omuro Toyo Sama spent her life in the fishing village of Kakizaki in the very north of Honshu, the main island of Japan. Mukund lived in Kakizaki in the 1990’s when he was studying with Omuro Toyo Sama. Toni and Mukund now visit their every year to see old friends and pay respect at the temples where she practiced throughout her life.

Mikako san and Mr. Kikuchi san. They are master ship builders in Kakizaki and were Mukund’s landlords when he lived there, learning from Omuro Toyo Sama.

Mikako san and Mr. Kikuchi san. They are master ship builders in Kakizaki and were Mukund’s landlords when he lived there, learning from Omuro Toyo Sama.

Fuse Keiji san, Mayor of Kakizaki, having fun with Mukund and Toni.

Fuse Keiji san, Mayor of Kakizaki, having fun with Mukund and Toni.