After that, he moved to Tokyo and studied law at Meiji Law School, and at the same time, he went to Ushigome Church where he met religious people as well as religious educator such as Kanzo UCHIMURA and Yoshiharu IWAMOTO, leading him to be a teacher.
その後、上京して明治法律学校において法律を学んだが、同時に牛込教会に通い、内村鑑三、巌本善治らの宗教家、宗教教育者に会い、教育の道に進む決心をした。