When I ask foreign tourists where they want go in Tokyo many people say that they plan to go to the museum of teamLab.
It is a popular museum like a projection mapping exhibition, but actually there are two similar museums in Tokyo. Most of the tourists only know one of them.
So, I will introduce you to both and mention the differences below.
About teamLab
teamLab
teamLab (f. 2001) is an international art collective. Their collaborative practice seeks to navigate the confluence of art, science, technology, and the natural world.
There are 2 exhibitions in Tokyo such as
- teamLab Planets
- teamLab Borderless
teamLab Planets チームラボプラネッツ
teamLab Planets TOKYO
It is located in Toyosu 豊洲 Tokyo.
[Official] teamLab Planets TOKYO, Toyosu
teamLab Planets is a museum where you walk through water, and a garden where you become one with the flowers. It comprises 4 large-scale artwork spaces and 2 gardens created by art collective teamLab.
The nearest station is Shin-Toyosu 新豊洲 Station.
teamLab Borderless チームラボボーダレス
MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM: teamLab Borderless, Tokyo
(It is located in Odaiba お台場 Tokyo.)
[Official] teamLab Borderless TOKYO, Azabudai Hills
teamLab Borderless is a world of artworks without boundaries, a museum without a map created by art collective teamLab.Artworks move out of rooms, relate to other works, influence each other, and at times intermingle, without boundaries. Through this group...
The nearest stations are Aomi 青海 Station and Tokyo Teleport 東京テレポート Station.
Other Works and Events
MoonFlower Sagaya Ginza Art by teamLab
"MoonFlower Sagaya Ginza, Art by teamLab" is a dining space born from a collaboration of Sagaya Ginza, a restaurant that specializes in seasonal dishes and the high quality brand of Wagyu beef "Saga Beef," and the art collective teamLab.
teamLab: Digitized Kochi Castle チームラボ 高知城 光の祭
Next Schedule November 8, 2019 - January 13, 2020 Place: Kochi Castle in Kochi City 高知市
FYI
A cloak room app "ecbo cloak" is effortless and useful while traveling Japan instead of using coin lockers. コインロッカー・クローク・アプリ
There is an app called "ecbo cloak" about cloak rooms that is useful while traveling Japan.