Category Archives: Archived news

Gothers.com Open (Beta)

This is just a small note to say that my social network site Gothers.com is now open. It is still in the beta stage, but seems stable enough for visitors.

September apologies

I’ve been in hospital and it is generally impossible to access a computer (not that I really want to at the moment). JGoth should be back in order and transformed back to its old blog structure sometime in October or November (I hope!).

Club Walpurgis Bauhaus Nite @ Aoi Heya, Shibuya TOKYO :: Sat. 16 June

[Goth/80's - Live & DJ] Dubbed bELa LuGotH iS dEaD, Walpurgis is setting out to take you back to the days of Bauhaus. What else can I say? Zinny’s time machine can take you anywhere man!
Club Walpurgis began as a Goth/Punk club in the 1980’s and became a kind of underground mecca in its day. [...]

Tokyo Dark Castle #30 @ Shinjuku Marz TOKYO :: Sat. 2 June

[Uber Goth-Industrial Live] Another night of madness awaits at Tokyo Dark Castle. TDC is the main regular Goth event in Tokyo run by Genet of Auto-Mod. Tonight promises a lethal mix of pure digital industrial from Despair and harsh, domineering rock-industrial from Destruct System. On top of that you have the lords of the castle, [...]

UPDATE! Selia and S and M in Midnight Mess @ Marz Shinjuku TOKYO :: Sat. 26 May

[Goth - Fetish - Industrial - DJ & Live] Midnight Mess is a hot event and one of the main regular Goth events in Tokyo, taking place on the fourth Saturday of every month. Mess’ is a mix of live, DJ and performance and the general sound-scape is Gothic, fetish, dark, experimental and industrial. Recommended [...]

Neurotic Doll, Agent Murder in St. Warpulgis Nacht #07 @ Urga Shinjuku TOKYO

[Goth LIVE] This should not be confused with Zinny’s Walpurgis events! This is an occasional event put on by the boss-man of Urga (I believe). It is looking tasty with Neurotic Doll and Agent Murder crawling out of their crypts, Destruct System, Aural Vampire and more. A special note on one band: 2nd Effect. This [...]

Japan Goth in Golden Week

It’s amazing to think that just two years ago, the Golden Week Goth pickings were pretty slim. Sure, there were parties, but lots of Goths had joined the mindless hordes returning to their home towns. But last year, things were definitely chirpier and this year the number of events hint at general insanity for Goths, [...]

Nova Corp. (4655) :: METI decides the law and stock prices and earnings and stuff.

[Don't worry! We are Nova TOMO!] Nova Corporation, the king of eikaiwa (Search J Goth for Nova), is preparing to release the official annual company results sometime in the next few weeks. While Nova is still saying it will pull a profit this year, the Japan Company Handbook (by Toyo Keizai) has guestimated a possible [...]

Despair in Dark Electr-o in KOBE and OSAKA :: Sat. & Sun. 5~6 May

Kobe and Osaka are due for a double dose of Despair as Rieu and crew come across from Tokyo to unleash industrial hell like you have never seen before. What can I say, complex, harsh, fast and powerful. Sounds to wake the dead and start a riot. They will be joined by veterans of the [...]

The Royal Dead & Bionic O.P. in Kaz Tattoo Operation @ Apollo NAGOYA :: Sun. 20 May

Running out of time for the May events… Here’s one for you folks in Nagoya. Not only is there tatts, but you can see The Royal Dead, Nagoya’s Bionic O.P. and quite a few other bands with attitude.
Kaz Tattoo Operation @
Live: The Royal Dead - ex. Phantasmagoria (info), Bionic O.P. (info), D.U.S.T., Spank (good one), [...]