Sapporo Agricultural College
He graduated in 1890, and travelled to Hokkaido, where he studied sericulture at the Sapporo Agricultural College, and returned to Nagano to conduct experiments in the improvement of silkworms. He also founded a temperance movement in Azumino, which drew the wrath of locals for its aggressive approach against drinking and brothels. He also met with foreign missionaries, and established a local orphanage.