I’ve found quite a fair bit of shows on Netflix with Japanese subtitles. If you change your netflix language to japanese you get more variety, another thing is that the Netflix Originals I’ve found has Japanese subtitles.
Why would changing the language give more variety? Isn’t the content based on region, not language?
It’s true that the Netflix Originals tend to have Japanese subtitles, but there aren’t many of those (where the original language is Japanese that is).
I am also in Japan, I use netflix and watch stuff like chibi maruko chan and japanese folktales, subtitles are an option as well. i think its the most worthwhile option. . .
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I have no idea, I just found there seemed to be more when I did that, maybe it’s just an illusion, or perhaps it sees your language and recommends shows in that language more. I don’t know if it actually opens up more content or not.
It’s probably all in your head. 
I appreciate the suggestion though haha.
Well, you can try kissanime. search it on google and you’ll find the website. if you want jdramas, try kissasian
im not sure if the anime you’re looking for is in that website thought you may find other anime to binge watch.lol
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You really shouldn’t suggest illegal content on the forums. 
(Regardless, those illegal streaming sites are targeting traditional anime watchers, and I’d guess that means no Japanese subtitles.)
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I’ve had a hell of a time finding free manga in only japanese on the internet. But speaking of things not normally suggested on the forums: If you don’t mind the content, it’s easy to find free hentai manga in japanese. You just have to do a fair amount of skipping ones with no story to read 
[And certain phrases show up disproportionately to how often you would hear them in day-to-day life.]
If you are in Japan and have a Netflix account, I would say you’re pretty much covered. Most shows have japanese subtitles, though both english and japanese subs it’s a much rarer combination.
Last month I watched the original Dragon Ball over Netflix Japan, it has subtitles in japanese and the plot I remembered quite well from way too many years ago 
Actually the dialogues proved to be quite aproachable, so I would recommend it 
… even if for some nostalgic moments
I’ll second the Shirokuma Cafe recommendation as well (I watched on Animelon), as it’s fairly basic as well, an you can go through the episodes without missing much.
A guess for me comes to that… A simpler show (so I don’t suffer much for missing too much plot) or an already watched show.
PS: A more adult show that I’m quite fond of is Usagi Drops. Slice of life anime, nicely paced and truly beautiful story. I was watching it first with japanese subs and a 2nd time with eng subs (filling the blanks in plot)… after some months (I did the whole show in 3 months) I was able to watch the last 3 episodes relying on the first jp subs run only… the phrases tend to repeat, and it was somewhat easier to follow the lines. I would recommend having a show like that (that you really like it, and make it into a slowly growing proyect)… and watching it at a slow pace too, while your vocab, grammar an listening improves. Overall it was a very gratifying experience while learning along the way with every episode.
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Ah OK, then it’s probably just because I’m a Swedish barbarian! I should be happy they’re not subbed in runes, really 
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Brilliant!!! Thank you so much!
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Start with kids shows. Doraemon is a classic of course as well as Chibi Marukochan and Sazaesan. Plus, it means you’ll be able to understand references to those shows! You can watch most of those on Netflix or Amazon Prime.
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it wasn’t too hard for me to find certain manga titles in japanese, provided i searched the title in japanese.
Hehehe. I don’t know much about sites you can use or whether or the subtitles part but I have got a few anime suggestions you may like (or rather I like haha).
- Yuru Camp
- Sora Yori Mo Tooi Basho
- Non Non Biyori
- Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-Kun
These are mostly animes that belong to the slice-of-life genre (everyday life stories).
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Anime is a big world (don’t get me started about it; I’ll never stop! Hahahhaa.) so you might feel a little overwhelmed at first. Can check out myanimelist.net to browse through different anime series. So yeah, just start somewhere and you’ll get hooked in no time! Just don’t watch too much! Hahaahaha. Kouichi will be upset! 
Have fun!
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Karakai jouzu no takagi-san is also a good pick, fun anime with quite easy japanese.
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No it doesn’t.
As for anime, I think Kobato and Aho Girl have the simplest language of all the anime that I’ve watched. Both use modern Japanese that’s fairly close to textbook Japanese without too much slang. I also think Dragonball is easy, as long as you’re familiar with certain speech patterns since it has a ton of “yakuwarigo” in it.
A recent show I started watching that has fairly simple language patterns is Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou. The characters also talk slowly, there are few characters on screen at once in general, and what they talk about tends to be limited to what’s right there happening on screen.
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Thank you so much @smarcks, @Nakiri-Joe, @Kalas, and @rhet! I’ll look out for all of those!
They do the same thing in the US. Actually I had the opposite problem when I had visitors, I had really nothing to show them (that they could understand) because English subtitles are only available for content from English-speaking countries. 
I love to watch Korean dramas and foreign films, but alas only Japanese subs even though I know some of them are available in Netflix overseas. So I blame Netflix.
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