For those unfamiliar with Japan, Shinjuku is one of the busiest neighborhoods in Tokyo, with the highest concentration of offices, businesses and shops. The series takes place in a small izakaya or Japanese bar in the central Shinjuku district. The series is based on the Japanese Shinya shokudō (深夜食堂) manga by Yaro Abe and has become quite popular outside of Japan as well. If we are going to talk about Japanese series on Netflix, Midgnight Diner: Tokyo Stories must be at the top of the list. Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories Photo: Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories on Netflix There are them for all tastes, from funny series to thrillers, LGTB friendly and even some that will make you cry on more than one occasion.

Here I bring you my compilation of the 10 best Japanese series to watch on Netflix, with English subtitles available. In addition the chapters are also usually short sometimes (around half an hour).

One of the things I like the most about Japanese series is that they tend to have few chapters (around 8-10) and they are perfect for when you want to see something but don’t want to get hooked on an endless series with a thousand seasons and chapters. But I can assure you that there are very good Japanese series. Unlike anime, which has many followers around the world, Japanese series are little known and perhaps initially do not arouse much the interest of the general public. If it wasn’t something that was going to interest a lot of people (like Lost or Games of Thrones), the television networks wouldn’t buy it. But now everyone can watch Japanese, Korean or many other countries series from almost anywhere in the world with Netflix.

When I was a teenager and a fan of Japanese dramas, the idea of being able to watch Japanese dramas from your home was unthinkable. With the introduction of subtitles in different languages, Netflix made it easier for its viewers to watch not only series shot in their country of origin but in many other countries. It’s not as if this was not possible before, since television networks bought the rights to foreign series and dubbed them (hence for example part of the success of anime around the world) but now it’s easier and there is much more variety. Today it’s the most famous streaming company in the world, offering its services in more than 190 countries for only around 10 dollars (1,000 yen) per month and even producing its own series and movies. Netflix started as a DVD rental company but knew how to have a vision of the future long before the others and already around 2007 it introduced its viewing service via live broadcasting. Internet has helped to make the world more communicated and we can get to know more and better other countries that were previously distant for us. Since the appearance of the internet, our lives have changed in many ways.

Japanese movies with english subtitles