Although KAWAJI is regarded as the person who laid foundation of the Japanese modern police system, he is still now unpopular in his hometown Kagoshima as "a man who attempted to assassinate SAIGO" or "a man who stood against his hometown."
日本の近代警察制度の基礎を造った人物として評価されているが、「西郷隆盛を暗殺しようとした男」「郷土に刃を向けた男」として現在も郷土鹿児島では人気がない。