There was also a rumor that Nicholai II, in the Period of the Crown Prince of Russia, came to Japan in 1891 and stopped by Kagoshima, and returned to his country with Saigo.
1891年にロシア皇太子時代のニコライ2世が来日し、鹿児島へも立ち寄ると、西郷が皇太子と共に帰国するという風説もあった。