Sakurai then suggested the division of Toyooka Prefecture into two areas and its' incorporation; the Amata County, an area which had sat on Tango Province and Tanba Province to integrate to Kyoto Prefecture, and the Hikami and Taki Counties, which had sat on Tajima Province and Tanba Province to Hyogo Prefecture.
このため豊岡県を二分し、丹後国および丹波国の天田郡を京都府、但馬および丹波の氷上郡、多紀郡を兵庫県に編入することを再提案した。