Unlike in Dresden where there were few Japanese people, he frequently went out with his contemporaries such as Naojiro HARADA and Atsumaro KONOE, the sons of of prominent figures, and attended theaters in his spare time from studying.
研究のかたわら、邦人の少なかったドレスデンと違って同世代の原田直次郎や近衛篤麿など名士の子息と多く交際し、また、よく観劇していた。