teamLab Planets TOKYO DMM
Modern art museum · Kōtō ·
Immersive digital art museum with water & garden exhibits
Immersive digital art museum with water & garden exhibits
"An immersive, interactive art space that appeals to families by blending technology and creativity into hands-on exhibits that engage children and adults alike, making it a memorable cultural stop during visits to Japan." - Lauren Dana Ellman Lauren Dana Ellman Lauren Dana Ellman is a New York-based writer and editor who specializes in travel, lifestyle, food, and shopping content. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines
"Both a museum and garden, this massively successful exhibition has been extended several times due to its popularity. (It’s currently scheduled to close at the end of 2027.) Visitors can explore four large-scale artwork spaces as well as two gardens, but not before taking off their shoes—teamLab Planetsdirects visitors to meander through the spaces barefoot, which comes in handy in rooms where you walk through shallow water." - Nicole Kliest
"An interactive art installation admired by many, included in the couple's itinerary."
"We also made it to teamLab Planets, an immersive digital art museum with water and garden exhibitions that are a gold mine for social media content." - Travel + Leisure Editors
"So, what’s this place about? With teamLab Planets, the art collective teamLab has created an endlessly Instagrammable, sumptuous, and surreal collection of installations dedicated to multi-sensory digital art. Following the success of teamLab Borderless Tokyo, the place has been one of the city’s most popular (and crowded) destinations. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic , entry is limited and tickets are date/time-specific How’s the space? Dubbed “body-immersive” displays, the seven large-scale artworks are connected by maze-like, dark corridors that lead to wide-open, dazzling spaces. The aquatic imagery is more than mere metaphor: You’ll enter the gallery barefoot and splash through water up to your ankles in some of the rooms. The art’s the main thing, of course. How is it? There’s a knee-deep wading pool filled with digital carp that morph into flowers, a glittering mirrored enclave of infinite crystal lights, and a garden filled with larger-than-life floating flowers and mossy hills topped with giant glowing ovoids. At the museum's restaurant, Vegan Ramen UZU, slurp plant-based bowls of noodles as digital calligraphy swirls around you. At the end of the day, what—or who—is this place best for? This is a great option for family-friendly fun. Expect to spend two hours there, and be sure to purchase your ticket in advance (¥3,200 for adults, ¥2,000 for middle and high schoolers, and ¥1,000 for children between 4 and 12, and free for children 3 and younger). Each ticket has a designated time that you can enter the facility." - Melinda Joe
