After he was discharged, he lived for a short time in Ochiai-mura, Nakakoma-gun, Yamanashi Prefecture (present Minami Alps City) in which Shoko, his mother and his wife had been evacuees.
召集解除後は小虎、母、妻が疎開していた山梨県中巨摩郡落合村（現南アルプス市）に一旦落ち着く。