world in the late 19th century, its 

art became extremely diverse but still obtained its own features and dominant types in each historical period.

known as bushi). According to a carefully designed code of 

ethics known as bushido, samurai lived their lives and were expected to follow both bu and bun – the arts of war and culture. The Samurai amor was professionally designed by hand and made of materials that is considered to be opulent, such as weather-proofing lacquer and leather (and eventually silk lace) to connect the individual scales.

is situated on a hilltop. The castle is considered to be the richest surviving example of Japanese prototypical castle architecture, comprising a network of 83 feudal-era buildings with sophisticated defense systems. 

Because of its  white exterior and supposed resemblance to a bird taking flight, the castle is also called Hakuro-jo or Shirasagi-jo ("White Egret Castle" or "White Heron Castle").

and well-known sports in Japan is sumo. Sumo is a wrestling sport in general, but the rules are kind of different from wrestling in the Western style.

As its origin are based in the Shinto religion, Sumo wrestling has religious components. It's not as closely related to Shinto, though, as it once was, while in sumo traditions you can still see a lot of its influence.

Sumo wrestlers often reside in places called heya where rigid discipline is trained and studied, and there is often often a hierarchy that affects how each wrestler is managed and the duties they have to perform. The top wrestlers gain a star like status and are regarded as such, as there are ranks in sumo between the wrestlers.

Prostitute: a person who engages in sexual intercourse in exchange for pay.

Geishas: a Japanese hostess trained to entertain men with conversation, dance, and song.

introduced from China, were first documented in written form in the early eighth century. In 712 and 720, respectively, the Kojiki 

 and Nihon shoki  were completed as government works. The former is an anthology of myths, legends and other tales and the latter is a chronological record of history.   

The history, geography, products and folklore of the different provinces are represented in 

the Fudoki (Records of Wind and Earth), compiled by provincial officials beginning in 713. The Kokin wakashu or Kokinshu (Collection of Poems from Ancient and Modern Times) was published in 905 as 

the first anthology of poetry commissioned by an emperor; Its preface paid high tribute to literature's immense possibilities.

'New' ideas such as socialism, idealism, and romanticism were played with by novelists and were inspired differently by French, British, or German literature.
In its scale, style, and themes, 

modern Japanese literature is especially vast. More and more English is being translated and there are new independent 

publishing houses dedicated to bringing to Western audiences new and obscure Japanese literature.

lives of unimportant people hemmed in by circumstances beyond their control, the Japanese coloring rejects carefully crafted plots or stylistic elegance. In the decade following the end of the Russo-Japanese 

War in 1905, an extraordinary burst of artistic activity occurred. There were probably never so many important authors writing 

at once before in the history of Japanese literature. Furthermore, he fiction of the prewar era was split into schools by 

Japanese critics, each typically consisting of one leading writer and his disciples.

thematic theme of modern Japanese literature. Although this style started with the Bohemian writer Franz Kafka, Japanese writers have almost completely co-opted it. Most of the best Japanese literature contains a theme called punk, which betrays outrage at sexist, patriarchal, capitalist structures that 

have been taken for granted for far too long.

the most prominent characteristic of typical Japanese structures. Wood was preferred over than other building materials because of the ever-present possibility of earthquakes. Wood was given great respect in old Japanese houses and so it is usually used in its natural state. Instead of using nails to connect parts of the house, some of the craftsmen prefer to use wood; therefore, in dome buildings, nails have not even been used.

houses relied on movable screens (shoji) and sliding doors (fusuma). 

The screens appear to be light and papery, allowing the rooms to have some natural light (and shadows). The screens and sliding doors were some of the exports that gain popularity in the west.

decoration, tatami is a major part of traditional Japanese architecture. tatami mats were used for a large part of the flooring in households, offering a soft surface to sit and sleep on. With many new flats and houses having at least one tatami space, tatami mats remain common today.

front door and the rest of the building. This place, considered dirty, separates the home from the outside and is where shoes are put (usually on a rack or in a shoebox). A genkan has been a practical way for a long time to keep the family living room tidy.

World culture contains a series of common experiences, norms, symbols and thoughts that bring people together on a global level. Basically six factors contribute to world culture: mass communications, immigration, emigration and tourism, trade, politics, and urbanization. Nowadays, mass media plays a key role in people's lives, enabling the exchange of culture, knowledge, and images between countries through international news, TV, emerging technology, film, and music broadcasts. In addition, immigrants bring multiple cultures into the target countries. Homogenisation is another characteristic of world culture suggesting that cultural diversity diminishes by popularizing and disseminating a broad variety of cultural representations, not only physical objects but also traditions, ideas and values. Also, emigration and tourism are also cultural characteristics. As world culture develops, foods, traditions, and cultures in different countries can now be enjoyed and seen everywhere around the world. For example, bubble tea from Taiwan can now be enjoyed by people in Japan, England, and the United States; hamburgers are very popular in Asia. Moreover, trading contributes to world culture. The prevalence of trading and exchange of goods let Asian goods or food display on the shelves in the supermarket in America and other European countries. Such a scene exemplifies the exchange and diffusion of different cultures. In politics, the presence of the United Nations symbolizes the role of politics in world culture. Furthermore, urbanization establishes world culture as the population shifts from rural to urban areas as people pick up similar habits, indicating that culture begins to diffuse.

Cultural imperialism indicates that a powerful culture dominates the relatively weaker counterpart. Such a dominance contains values, practices, tradition, religion, language, and norms. Also, the cultural influence is  imposed through exportation of cultural products and commodities  in different forms such as film, music, and fast food. 

I agree that the emerger of world culture is inevitable because different cultures learn from one another. As time goes by, each culture contains some of the other ones. Hence, cultural homogenization reduces cultural diversity by popularizing and disseminating a wide variety of cultural symbols, not only physical artifacts but also traditions, ideas and values. Besides, though every country holds its own cultures, those cultures slowly evolve to contain some characteristics of other cultures. Thus, cultural homogeneity is significant because it allows people to know each other better. For example, when a person visits another country, he or she would definitely find out that many traditions and things of that country are particularly novel; when he returns to his country, he shares those novel things with people around in a verbal way. Once words pass through people’s ears, they start to spread to everywhere.  The spread of the information may ignite the development of another similar but different culture. Hence, I am assured that world culture is important.