I just had to visit Harajuku on Saturday, and caught these stunning looking gothic girls on the cosplay bridge (I *THINK* they were all girls)
I also checked out Sex Pot Revenge, and chatted to old pal Ryo who manages the store:
After a visit to La Foret and Takeshita St, it was time to rush home and get ready for the gig at Shinokubo Earthdom.
With fantastic energy as always, despite the oppressive heat, Nao pranced around the stage as a devilish ghoul dandy, and the band 13th Moon gave us our money’s worth. I later chatted to him and fellow deathrocker Eve-kun.
I also met Nao’s lovely girlfriend Miwa, who may look familiar if you checked out the models in the Nude n Rude magazine I linked to in my post the other week.
Next band up were “The Cracks” – and they were awesome, pumping out Psychobilly tunes like mad things. I filmed them, but forgot to take a pic. The singer had a pig-like mask with dangly bits hanging off -a bit like one of those mutants from House of 1000 Corpses.
However, what really impressed me was the wrecking crew down on the dancefloor in front of me – it made me feel right at home! The scene here is much the same as the scene at home – the guys with the uber-sharp quiffs and Meteors t-shirts, the vintage girlies with victory rolls, 50’s dresses and flicked Von Teese eyeliner, and the ubiquitous tatts and piercings. Later I got pics of some of the boys and their rad hairdos.
After that, it was time for me to get back to the hotel and change, in readiness for the Seileen night at the Decadance Bar. This was a fantastic night, and you know I’ll be posting about all the fab goth peoples there in a post soon…
Wow, some very inspiring looks! Last year when I went to Japan, I tried to chase down the Harajuku girls, but no luck; I found out later that they only hang out on weekends, which I was only there during the week. I absolutely LOVE Tokyo; the sense of design and fashions there are very next level. It feels like 24/7 Sanrioland; I miss it…
Yes, you do have to get there at the right time, and I agree with yout totally that it takes everything to the next level 🙂
Actually those gothic “girls” ont he cosplay bridge are cosplaying Malice Mizer and looking awesome: http://bit.ly/iPkNug [at least two of them. The real ones are men at least, hahah]. The one in the middle (who’s dressed as Közi) looks gorgeous!
Yes, her make-up is absolutely astonishing 🙂