On January 11, 1876, with the permission of Toshiyoshi KAWAJI, who was from the same prefecture as Naoo and was a "daikeishi" (corresponding to current Superintendent-General of the Metropolitan Police) in the Metropolitan Police Department, Naoo and 24 colleagues, who were also from the prefecture and serving for the Metropolitan Police Department returned home after a long absence to Kagoshima Prefecture.
明治9年（1876年）1月11日、同郷の川路利良警視庁大警視の許可を受けて鹿児島県出身の警視庁同僚ら24名と共に久しぶりの帰郷を果たす。