Today's Wall St. Journal has a wonderful feature article on the latest Japenese trends.  Among them:  Christon Cafe, a chain of church theme restaurants.  Here's more about Christon and a patron's sense of style:

 

Signing on to one trend or another, meanwhile, lets people express individuality while feeling part of something larger -- an important consideration in a society where the order provided by families and corporations has been gradually breaking down.

 

Dining With Crucifixes

The Christon Café in Tokyo's bustling Shibuya district is reached by a dungeon-like brick stairwell, lit by dripping red candles, which leads to a dining area decorated with giant crucifixes, gargoyles and images of a bloodied Christ weeping on the cross. The menu includes such fare as the "Small Devil" cocktail flavored with strawberry cream and cassis, and "God-made Hamburger" (meatballs with cheese and rice, $6.50).

Yukako Ishii is a regular. On weekends, the 27-year-old artist pulls on a pair of black stockings, a ruffled black baby-doll dress with a black petticoat and a frilly black velvet jacket. The look, called "Goth-Loli" -- Goth meets Lolita -- updates Japan's popular baby-doll look with black Victorian-style clothes and dark eye makeup. Ms. Ishii meets her Goth-Loli friends at Christon, which they liken to a European cathedral. "Once I go inside, I forget everything outside," she says. (The company that operates Christon says it has no plans to take the concept overseas.)