Midnight Mess

A goth club in Tokyo was an absolute must while we were there, and the only night whilst we were in town was Midnight Mess. Apart from the excessive cover charge (about $35 AUD) and the initial shock on the number of foreigners there we settled in (the other disappointing fact was that it started at midnight – so there was much time to kill beforehand). After not too long some locals turned up and the music being played was actually not too bad. It was going well. We didn’t manage to talk to any of the locals however a lovely Swedish girl chatted to me a bit, but I fear the conversation became stilted when she realised that we were only passing through. The music then promptly died down to make way for an industrial band playing on stage. It was loud and piercing, pretty much in the vain of all vocal-less industrial music and as such, got quite tedious after the first three songs. The music that returned to the dancefloor afterwards was, I fear quite substandard and the night then took a turn for the worse. I believed the word ‘fetish’ that was included on the flyer was merely designed to cover all bases, but sadly it wasn’t. The stage was over-run by a fetish performance and unfortunately, whether the participants are willing or not, I abhor sexualised violence so retreated to an area where I wouldn’t have to watch. If one is interested on the details of the performance I believe that both Sir S (flashy kyuuki) and Miss E (miss ember) wrote about it in their blogs. The fetish show pretty much dominated the rest of the night so, about as bored as Graham Norton would be in Hooters, we decided to head for the first train home.

We were very surprised to note that the sky was already beginning to lighten as we headed home at 4:30am, and a soft drizzle of rain against the dynamic skyline was very pleasing.

Free breakfast or no, we decided to sleep in.