In 1878, he went to Tokyo at the invitation of a former retainer of the Satsuma Domain, and Daikeishi (top of the police department) of Keishi-cho (Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, domestic affairs division) in Meiji government Toshiyoshi KAWAJI, who was a right-hand man to the Secretary of Interior, Toshimitsu OKUBO (also a former retainer of the Satsuma Domain), through the relationship between Shohei and the Satsuma Domain during the Battle of Toba-Fushimi; Shohei received a disposed government-managed butcher house from Meiji Government, which brought him a success.
1878年（明治11年）、鳥羽伏見以来の縁により、内務卿・大久保利通の懐刀と呼ばれた薩摩藩出身の警視庁(内務省)大警視（のちの警視総監）の川路利良の招きを受けて上京し、明治政府から官営屠場の払い下げを受けて成功。