After becoming an Ajari, Keichu became a Juji (chief priest) of Mandara-in Temple in Ikutama, Ozaka, where he interacted with Choryu SHIMOKOBE, but Keichu, who disliked secular affairs, went on pilgrimage within Kinai region (provinces surrounding Kyoto and Nara) as he went back to Mt. Koya.
ついで大坂生玉（いくたま）の曼陀羅院の住持となり、その間下河辺長流と交流するが、俗務を嫌い畿内を遍歴して高野山に戻る。