However, he changed his plan and studied in the newly united German Empire because he was well-respected and persuaded to do so by Shuzo AOKI and Yajiro SHINAGAWA in Berlin.
しかし、ベルリンで青木周蔵・品川弥二郎らの知遇を得て説得され、統一したばかりのドイツ帝国での留学に切り替えた。