Although he seems to have planned to attend to Bakufu affairs in Odawara-jo Castle following the example of Ieyasu who retired to Sunpu, he finally moved to the Nishi no maru (a castle compound to the west of the main compound) of the Edo-jo Castle (present Imperial Palace).
当初、駿府に引退した家康に倣い、自身は小田原城で政務を執ることを考えていたようだが、結局は江戸城西の丸（現在の皇居）に移った。