| In Beppu where he spent his final years, he agreed with the mayor Tetsuichi WAKI who, in those days, aimed for the construction of a city of international tourism and pleaded the government to enact special legislation ("Act on Construction of Beppu as City of International Tourism and Hot Springs Culture" was enacted in 1950). |
晩年の地・別府では、当時国際観光都市建設を目指し、政府に特別立法（1950年「別府国際観光温泉文化都市建設法」として制定）を働きかけていた市長・脇鉄一に賛同。 |