Gather round, my darklings, and watch this educational video. La Carmina & friends give you the low-down on Japan’s #1 Gothic club night, Midnight Mess. If you’re in Tokyo, come party with your favorite J-Goth Lolita spooks!

Click here for a map to Club Marz and my full guide to Japan’s darkest and most decadent parties. If you found this post helpful, please pass it along!

† WHAT: MIDNIGHT MESS, Tokyo’s best Gothic-cyber-Lolita club party. With DJS (Maya, Sisen, Chihiro), performances (Seileen, Skinny Puppy), fetish performances / bondage / rope suspension, EBM industrial darkwave music, and the wildest Harajuku club fashion!

† WHEN: Once a month; starts at midnight and runs all night. Check out www.midnightmess.com for the next event.

† WHERE: Club Marz in Shinjuku. Take the East Exit from Shinjuku Station, go straight-forward til you reach the Seibu-Shinjuku line, turn right at the Family Mart… (see map here)

† PRICE: 2500 yen (Gothic dress code); 3000 yen (RSVP: maya@midnightmess.com); 3500 yen (door). Drink ticket included.

† AGE: 18 to enter, 20 to booze.