He visited the Soviet Union as chairman of the Boy Scouts of Nippon, and when he received rice balls made from rice sent from Boy Scout members who gave one grain of rice per boy, he ate them with tears in his eyes.
日本ボーイスカウト連盟会長として、当時の少年達1人が1粒を送った握り飯を泣きながら食べて訪ソしたという。