For a short time he was the coeditor of a literary magazine and was involved in writing poems and plays.

[3] In March 1925, Watsuji became a lecturer at Kyoto Imperial University, joining the other leading philosophers of the time, Nishida Kitaro, Tanabe Hajime and Nishitani Keiji.

While Watsuji joined their department, he is not typically considered a member of the School due to the intellectual independence in his work.

From January to March 1928, he travelled to Rome, Naples, Sicily, Florence, Bologna, Ravenna, Padua and Venice.

He then moved to the Tokyo Imperial University in July 1934 and held the chair in ethics until his retirement in March 1949.

[7] Watsuji wrote that Kendo involves raising a struggle to a life-transcending level by freeing oneself from an attachment to life.