Category Archive for Tokyo + Japan
JAPAN NIGHTLIFE, BEST NIGHTCLUBS & BARS IN TOKYO: CHRISTON CAFE THEME RESTAURANT, DECADANCE BAR, GOTH EBM INDUSTRIAL PARTY MIDNIGHT MESS.
Brace yourself for a long, decadent post — featuring poodles, DJ SiSEN, cake-throwing, and tying up innocent girls!
Last August, I hosted and coordinated (with Naomi) a Dutch Pepsi TV program in Tokyo. I took the crew to designer Kenzo’s birthday party at Decadance Bar, and EBM Industrial nightclub Midnight Mess. I haven’t been able to show you these wild photos until now…
Creepy cats Lolita dress: Innocent World, from Closet Child
Cut-out boots: Yosuke, on sale at Marui One. The very last pair, and in my size!
Blue plush poodle: Jesus Diamante, from Closet Child. Yes, I still buy stuffed toys.
Makeup: “Undead Stepford Wife.” Freaky.
At Decabar, we were welcomed by the smiling, painted faces of Coco and Preta Porco. We spoke to one of the musicians from 101A (they are wonderful live performers, as you may recall from my review).
We interviewed Kenny Creation (remember his Steampunk interview?) and Tokyo Decadance organizer Adrien le Danois.
The drink of the night, as always, was absinthe. And the food? Birthday cake — splattered into Kenzo’s face.
Mana of Moi dix Mois was there. Sort of.
I love how drinking absinthe is a necessary aspect of my job. The TV crew stumbled after me to Midnight Mess, where I reunited with my spooky family. Kana gave me a cute-faced bread charm. Every time I see Comte de Sang, he has a new tongue ring.
Backstage with DJ SiSEN, Raisu, and Midnight Mess creator Maya. The Dutch TV host, Bo, borrowed my Atelier Pierrot dress for the night. Later, Maya lent her a red corset.
Selia sang Baroque opera and played the harp — heavenly.
What goes on in the VIP room? “Hail Satan!”
Spreading the Devil’s message.
Goth girls, boys, and in between.
Bo hadn’t explored the Gothic scene before, but gets into the spirit of the evening. Rowr.
Mistress Maya and her friend put on an elegant, otherworldly rope tying performance.
Amiyu and Luke Chaos dance to DJ SiSEN’s incredible set. Even my poodle got on the dancefloor.
So many scary individuals are Leos with birthdays in August. (Me, Yukiro, Comte de Sang, Raisu, Kenzo-A…) The Midnight Mess family chipped in and got us birthday cake, flowers and champagne! We made a toast on stage and shared the food/drinks with everyone at the party.
It’s fun to introduce international TV crews to our Halloween world. If you want to hire us Pirates (as tour guides, consultants, coolhunters, TV hosts and production coordinators) — visit our site and send us a message in a bottle!
If you’re brave enough, we’ll even arrange for you to get tied up and dominated.
Daylight breaks, and the vampires scuttle home to hide under the bedsheets.
Anyone in Tokyo this XXX-mas? On December 25th, Midnight Mess is having † Nightmare After X’mas † party, featuring Chaos Royale — come and bring your friends! Tokyo Decadance also takes place at J-Pop Cafe Shibuya that night. For addresses, RSVP, maps and more, please read my Tokyo club guide.
Aren’t Tokyo Goth parties out of this world? Would you submit to Mistress Maya’s whip?
Japanese Word of the Day: Koibito = Sweetheart, loved one
Song of the Day: Kiss – I Was Made for Lovin’ You (Australian 12 inch disco version — Italo fantasy heaven!)
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CUTE ANIME GIRL DRAWINGS, ALICE & THE CAT. BLACK PEACE NOW & YOSUKE SHOES: OPA OSAKA, EGA ELEGANT GOTHIC LOLITA & ARISTOCRAT BOYS FASHION.
Looky-loo: it’s La Carmina and Sebastiano Serafini!
These cute manga/anime-style drawings are by Alice and the Cat, a talented designer and illustrator — born in Milan and living in Tokyo. Her kawaii illustrations have been exhibited at Tokyo Design Festa, the huge art event I reported on in 2008 and in 2010. (Do check out these posts if you missed them; Yukiro is shirtless in this one.)
Seba and I are quite the team, ne? We’re working hard, and soon we’ll share our wild collaborations with you! And you can look forward to our Hollywood invasion (Dec 28 to Jan 10). (There’s a new Seba in America category for this special series.)
Before we jet to not-so-sunny LA, let’s finish up our dark fashion tour of Osaka, Japan. Shopping for Goth/alt clothing is more difficult in Shinsaibashi than in Harajuku, since the stores are spread out (rather than concentrated in Laforet and Takeshita-doori). In the 2F basement of OPA, there’s a boutique for Yosuke shoes. I love this brand. Inexpensive, stylish, and never falls apart.
Next door: Black Peace Now. One of my favorite brands for men’s Elegant Gothic Aristocrat fashion.
Peace Now is brighter and cuter, while still retaining some dark elements.
The eye-patch wearing teddy bears and bunnies remind me of the Pirate Basil logo that Naomi made for our coolhunting and TV hosting company.
You can locate these shops and more on my Osaka shopping map. I’ll compile my Shinsaibashi Gothic Lolita Punk store reports soon.
What do you think of Alice and the Cat’s illustrations? Don’t they look like me and Seba? Do you have any favorite kawaii manga / anime artists? (My blog’s banner is by reader Angela Che.)
Japanese Word of the Day: Keisei = Formation
Song of the Day: Gamma Ray – It’s a Sin (Heavy metal cover of the Pet Shop Boys tune. SHRED!)
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