Re-evaluating various things lately, this was a job for Philosophy Path (哲学の道) along the eastern mountains of #Kyoto. Writers have asserted that Japan doesn't do #philosophy, mais non. To be sure, Mahayana #Buddhist #ontology eludes our grasp.
Furthermore, the #nature #symbolism that does the heavy lifting in real #haiku is not metaphysical or #abstract. For #teaching #haiku, winning contests, or more about the criteria for real haiku in #languages other than #Japanese, see "Internationalizing the Essence of Haiku Poetry" at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323187189 or https://www.academia.edu/35927186
Thus, I was #walking along the #path and not #philosophizing per se, but just absorbed in the scenes like these captioned #photos, and that was quite refreshing.
Publications on #Japan, #Asia, and East-West #comparative #culture: https://japanned.hcommons.org/japanology