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teamLab Planets TOKYO
— a barefoot walk through water and light
A barefoot, walk-through digital art museum in Toyosu where several rooms require wading through shallow water. Open until the end of 2027; advance tickets required.
teamLab Planets TOKYO opened in Toyosu in July 2018 as a temporary exhibition and has since extended its run to the end of 2027. Visitors remove their shoes and socks at the entrance, then walk barefoot through a sequence of large-scale immersive rooms — several of which involve shallow pools of water with digital projections on the floor and ceiling. In January 2025 the museum expanded to about 1.5 times its original size, adding a new section called 'Forest' with more than 20 new artworks, including an athletic movement space, an educational co-creation project, and a plant-filled interactive environment. The exhibition is distinct from teamLab Borderless, which is a non-linear museum in Azabudai Hills: Planets follows a set path through its rooms.
Background & history
teamLab is an art collective founded in Tokyo in 2001, working at the intersection of art, science, technology and the natural world. Planets was conceived as a temporary exhibition when it opened in 2018, but visitor numbers — which included a Google-reported ranking among the world's five most-visited museums — led to repeated extensions. The Toyosu site is scheduled to remain open until the end of 2027.
What to look for — in walking order
- Water rooms
- shallow pools with digital projections; visitors wade barefoot through light and imagery on the floor
- Infinity rooms
- mirrored spaces where digital imagery expands in every direction
- Forest section (opened Jan 2025)
- a new area with athletic movement spaces, co-creation installations, and plant-centred environments; over 20 new artworks
- Garden section
- real plants combined with digital light; shoes permitted in this area
How to enjoy it
Buy timed-entry tickets in advance on the official teamLab website — walk-up tickets sell out on busy days. Arrive at your slot, store your shoes in the lockers at the entrance, and allow 1 to 2 hours. Wear cropped trousers or roll up your hems before the water rooms. The museum allows photography, so you can take images freely.
How to actually get there
- Shinjuku Station → Ichigaya Station (Toei Shinjuku Line, ~5 min)
- Ichigaya Station → Toyosu Station (Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line, ~15 min)
- Toyosu Station → Shin-Toyosu Station (Yurikamome, ~2 min) → teamLab Planets entrance (walk ~1 min)
- Shinjuku Stn →(Toei Shinjuku Line)→ Ichigaya Stn →(Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line)→ Toyosu Stn →(Yurikamome)→ Shin-Toyosu Stn
- From Shinjuku Station, take the Toei Shinjuku Line to Ichigaya Station (about 5 min). Transfer to the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line and ride to Toyosu Station (about 15 min). Transfer to the Yurikamome Line one stop to Shin-Toyosu Station (about 2 min). teamLab Planets is about a 1-minute walk from the station exit. Total about 25 min.
- Return via Yurikamome to Toyosu, then Yurakucho Line
- Reverse the journey: Shin-Toyosu → Toyosu (Yurikamome, ~2 min) → Ichigaya (Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line, ~15 min) → Shinjuku (Toei Shinjuku Line, ~5 min). The Yurikamome also connects to Odaiba and Toyosu Market if you want to combine the visit.
Before you go
- Cash
- Tickets must be booked online in advance on the teamLab official website; prices vary by date (from around 3,800 yen for adults on weekdays, 4,200 yen on weekends and holidays in 2026 — confirm current pricing at teamlab.art). All major credit cards accepted.
- Closing days
- Open year-round. Hours vary by season; check the official site for the current schedule. Some date ranges may be busier and sell out weeks in advance.
- Another way
- Toyosu Station on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line is about a 10-minute walk from teamLab Planets — useful if you are coming from central Tokyo and prefer a single transfer.
- After you get off
- From Shin-Toyosu Station, walk about 1 minute following the teamLab Planets signs to the entrance.