In 1214 (three years after the pardon), Shinran left Echigo with his family and some disciples such as Shoshin to preach his teachings to the people in the Kanto region, and they made their way from the Zenko-ji Temple in Shinano Province, through Sanuki no sho in Kozuke Province to Hitachi (present northeast area of Ibaraki Prefecture).
建保2年（1214年）（流罪を赦免より3年後）、関東での布教活動の為、家族や性信（しょうしん）などの門弟と共に越後を出発し、信濃国の善光寺から上野国佐貫庄を経て、常陸（茨城県北東部）に向かう。