He set his sights on running a pharmacy with Shimada and applied to a science academy that was soon to be opening, but the opening was suspended so he entered a university preparation school but soon after dropped out.
島田とともに薬屋を志し、開校予定の科学専門学校に応募するが開校は中止となり、大学予備門に入学するがほどなく退学している。