In Beppu where he spent his final years, he agreed with the mayor Tetsuichi WAKI who, in those days, aimed for the construction of a city of international tourism and pleaded the government to enact special legislation ("Act on Construction of Beppu as City of International Tourism and Hot Springs Culture" was enacted in 1950).
晩年の地・別府では、当時国際観光都市建設を目指し、政府に特別立法（1950年「別府国際観光温泉文化都市建設法」として制定）を働きかけていた市長・脇鉄一に賛同。