He saved money working as a temporary employee at a bicycle wholesaler for a year and a half before leaving for Kyoto in 1934 with the aid of a detective at the Kyoto Prefectural Police to whom he was introduced by his older brother who was also a detective.
1年半の自転車問屋の臨時雇いで金を貯め、刑事をしていた兄の紹介で京都府警の刑事の伝手を頼りに1934年、京都へ出る。