It is a famous anecdote that he took with him the cremains of his friend, the Priest Ryoju, to Ama-no-Hashidate in this trip, and dispersed it in the Sea of Japan.
この調査の旅において、友人である僧・良寿の遺骨を携えて天橋立に行き、日本海に散骨したという話は有名。