On September 27, the party arrived at Sakai (along the Doi-gawa River the monument, 'The Landing Place of Tenchu-gumi' stands side by side with the monument of Sakai Incident; the place is present-day 1-cho, Sakaebashi-cho, Sakai Ward, Sakai City) (hereafter the party of comrades is to be written as Tenchu-gumi); on the dawn of the following day (September 28) Tenchu-gumi passed through Koya-kaido Road and entered Sayama City of Osaka aiming at Kawachi Province.
8月15日、堺（現在の堺市堺区栄橋町1丁の土居川沿い、当地に堺事件の碑とならんで「天誅組上陸地」の碑が建てられている）に到着した同志一行（以降、天誅組と記す）は翌16日払暁に高野街道を通って河内国をめざし、大阪狭山市に入った。