After he died a great number of sympathy letters were sent, and one primary school student wrote, 'Even Admiral Togo dies?,' which was published in the newspapers and received a big reaction.
死去に際しては全国から膨大な数の見舞い状が届けられたが、ある小学生が書いた「トウゴウゲンスイデモシヌノ？」という文面が新聞に掲載され大きな反響をよんだ。