In 1889, he travelled to Western countries, as he was assigned by the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce (Japan) to an exhibition attendant at Hamburg Industrial Exhibition in Germany, as well as to have an agricultural study tour to Germany, France, the United States of America, India and Vietnam.
1889年　農商務省(日本)よりドイツ・ハンブルク港商業博覧会での出品説明委員およびドイツ・フランス・アメリカ合衆国・インド・ベトナムにおける農業視察を任ぜられ洋行。