However, as there were no attacks from the Yuan dynasty, which had been expected, he resigned from the Chinzei tandai position on June 14, 1295, and returned to Kamakura.
しかし予想していた元軍の襲来はなく、兼時は永仁3年（1295年）4月23日、鎮西探題職を辞して再び鎌倉に帰還した。