Mizuno decided to change his itinerary, and after reaching their destination, he convinced Suzuki to accompany him to Argentina, crossing the Andes mountain range from Valparaíso on foot.

[2] After numerous mishaps, the duo arrived in Mendoza where they had a triumphant reception, and went by train to Buenos Aires, where they boarded a ship to Rio de Janeiro.

[2] Upon their arrival in Rio in March 1906, Mizuno and Suzuki sought out the Japanese minister Suguimura, who was in Petrópolis, and reported his project to bring immigrants to Brazil.

The harsh conditions of life and work prevailing in the farming at the time caused dissatisfaction and numerous breaches of contract among the Japanese, with several families returning to the Hospedaria dos Imigrantes, from where they were forwarded to new jobs.

On one of his trips to Japan, in search of new immigrants, Mizuno left his family in São Paulo and was surprised by the outbreak of World War II.