自然に対して「受容的かつ忍耐強く」、内に突発的な感情の熱狂を秘める性格

Watsuji classified the climates of the earth into three major types. The first type is the 'Monsoon' type of East Asia, including Japan. Because this climate is humid and rich in sudden natural changes such as typhoons and floods, he analyzed that the character of the people living there becomes 'receptive and patient' toward nature, while simultaneously harboring sudden emotional outbursts of passion within.