During his one-month stay, he was visited by Takamori SAIGO of Satsuma Domain and Shinsaku TAKASUGI of Choshu Domain and discussed with them in what direction things had been moving.
この1ヶ月の間に薩摩藩の西郷隆盛や長州藩の高杉晋作らが集まり、時勢を語り合った。