Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories is the next great show from Netflix Japan

Terrace House has become Netflix Japan's breakout international hit — and with good reason — but for my money it runs second place to another of the streaming service's Japanese shows. Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories follows the owner and clientele of a tiny Tokyo restaurant, telling short, touching stories of family, friendship, and humanity in the heart of urban sprawl.Like Terrace House, Midnight Diner had a life before Netflix, existing as a manga, a TV drama, and a movie before th