On December 2, 1872, all her family moved to his eldest brother Sadamoto YUCHI's residence at 2 Akasaka, Tokyo, called by Sadamoto who had just come back to Japan from studying abroad when she was 14 years old in the age by the traditional Japanese system, and she entered Kojimachi Girls' School at the Kojimachi Ward, Tokyo Prefecture.
1872年12月2日、当時、数え年14歳の時に海外留学から帰国した長兄・湯地定基に呼び寄せられる形で家族揃って東京赤坂(東京都港区)溜池2番地の湯地定基邸に転居、東京府麹町区にある麹町女學校に入学する。