In 1868 when the Tokugawa family relocated to Shizuoka he moved to Numazu and lodged at the house of Otsukotsu who was working as an English instructor at the Numazu Officer Academy.
明治元年（1868年）に徳川家の静岡移封に伴い沼津へ移住し、沼津兵学校で英語教師をしていた乙骨のもとへ寄宿する。