Writing.

Originally the Japanese writing was done with the Chinese characters. Soon they started to add in their own little twists, and created the Japanese language.There were two main languages hiragana, and katakana.
Hiranga was used to right the original japanese characters.
Katakana had originated as a pronounciataion aid for Chinese buddhist scriptures. Soon it started to be used as things such as suffixes, particles, and postpositions.

Japanese writing is considered to be one of the hardest languges to write. this is because it can be wirtten in 3 different ways.Japanese use some Chinese, which is called "Kanji". Even today, there are about 1200 kanji in their writings. Students must memorize them all.
The most common Japanese alphabet today, and a native Japanese alphabet in ancient Japan, is called hiragana. It is a beautiful cursive script, and was used by the woman of the Heian period. The alphabet has around 50 sounds based on the english vowels.
Another form is katakana, it is used for foreign words. FOr example, envelopes, or to address a hotel.