Receiving the news, Mine's elder brother Tasujiro came to pick her up and suggested her to stay in a hospital in Matsumoto City, however, Mine probably knew her death was close and refused her brother's proposal and decided to go back to her hometown, Hida.
知らせを受け、みねを引き取りに来た兄・辰次郎は松本市で入院する事を勧めたが、自らの死を既に悟ったのであろうか、みねは故郷の飛騨へ帰りたいと兄の提案を拒否した。