However, the budget was not allowed for the construction since at the time the government needed to assume all domains' debt, which amounted about 24 million ryo (about 560 billion yen in the present value), in accordance with the return of lands and people to the emperor and Haihan-chiken (abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures).
しかし、この頃は版籍奉還～廃藩置県に伴い、政府が約2400万両（現在の価値でおよそ5600億円）もの各藩負債を肩代わりすることになったため、建設予算が下りなかった。