teamLab: 10 Permanent Art Exhibitions in Japan

Enjoy teamLab's Art in Japan

teamLab is an international art collective formed in 2001 whose works are at the confluence of art, science, technology, and the natural world.

Their interactive and immersive exhibitions have mesmerized art lovers worldwide. Permanent exhibitions by teamLab can now be enjoyed in various cities around the world, including Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, and Hamburg.

In this article, we'll introduce 10 permanent exhibitions by teamLab in Japan, located in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Okinawa, and other regions.

10 Permanent teamLab Exhibitions in Japan

1. teamLab Borderless: MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM (Tokyo)
2. teamLab Planets TOKYO DMM.com (Toyosu, Tokyo)
3. MoonFlower Sagaya Ginza (Restaurant in Tokyo)
4. teamLab Botanical Garden (Osaka)
5. TDK Museum, Akita
6. 100 Years Sea (Restaurant in Tokushima)
7. teamLab Forest Fukuoka
8. teamLab Gallery Matama Beach (Kunisaki Peninsula, Oita)
9. teamLab Ruins and Heritage: Rinkan Spa & Tea Ceremony (Takeo Onsen, Saga)
10. teamLab Future Park (Okinawa)
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1. teamLab Borderless: MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM (Tokyo)

teamLab, Microcosmoses - Jelly (tentative title) © teamLab
teamLab Borderless relocated to Azabudai Hills in central Tokyo and reopened on February 9, 2024.

Brimming with fascinating installations, interactive media, and dazzling 3D projection mapping, teamLab Borderless will leave you breathless!

teamLab, Black Waves - Megalith Crystal Formation (work in progress) © teamLab

With the concept of art without borders, guests are invited to explore an exhibition where nature and art expand beyond one's imagination. Following from one room to the next, ever-flowing art is not bound to a single area but instead moves freely forever changing with its surroundings and the passing of time and people who visit.

teamLab, Universe of Water Particles on a Rock where People Gather © teamLab
Bringing back newly updated fan favorites such as the "Universe of Water Particles on a Rock where People Gather," teamLab Borderless also has a variety of brand-new creations to explore!

teamLab, Bubble Universe: Physical Light, Bubbles of Light, Wobbling Light, and Environmental Light ©teamLab

Some of the most impressive exhibits include "Bubble Universe: Physical Light, Bubbles of Light, Wobbling Light, and Environmental Light" - a space with dazzling spheres that look like glistening floating bubbles changing color one after another, the "Black Waves - Megalith Crystal Formation" exhibit - a realm of crystals projecting black crashing waves in a mesmerizing space and "Microcosmoses," in which hundreds of lights move like clockwork around a dazzling room, changing color, pace and interacting with surroundings.

Visitors can venture through different environments and art, each enticing different emotions by creating a new atmosphere.

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Easily accessible, teamLab Borderless is a must when visiting Tokyo! Make sure to book your tickets well in advance.

Official website: https://www.teamlab.art/e/borderless-azabudai/

2. teamLab Planets TOKYO DMM.com (Toyosu, Tokyo)

teamLab, Drawing on the Water Surface Created by the Dance of Koi and People - Infinity, 2016-2018, Interactive Digital Installation, Endless, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi ©teamLab

teamLab Planets TOKYO DMM.com is a compact museum located in Tokyo's Toyosu district. The facility is home to a total of nine exhibits centered around the concept “Body Immersive.” The entire exhibition can be enjoyed in around one to two hours.

We recommend starting your experience with the most famous exhibit: “Drawing on the Water Surface Created by the Dance of Koi and People – Infinity.”

Water fills the exhibit at ankle height and koi fish made from light will appear, swimming around as people walk into the water. As time passes, the koi will transform into flowers. This moving production will make you forget about the passage of time.

Floating Flower Garden teamLab Planets TOKYO © teamLab

teamLab Planets TOKYO DMM.com is an art museum to be experienced entirely barefoot so visitors can feel completely immersed. We suggest wearing footwear that is easily removable.

It has been announced that teamLab Planets TOKYO DMM.com will operate until the end of 2027. Don't miss out on these amazing exhibits!

Official Website: https://www.teamlab.art/e/planets/

3. MoonFlower Sagaya Ginza: Art and Cuisine Harmonize in Seasonal Delights

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In the vibrant heart of Tokyo, MoonFlower Sagaya Ginza presents an enchanting blend of culinary artistry and digital creativity. This charming dining space, born from a collaboration between Saga beef specialty restaurant Sagaya Ginza and the art collective teamLab, promises an unparalleled experience.

At MoonFlower, an intimate eight-seat restaurant, guests can revel in a permanent digital art installation by teamLab, aptly titled "Worlds Unleashed and then Connected." The name MoonFlower embodies the essence of this innovative dining concept—affection and enjoyment.

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With each changing season, MoonFlower blossoms into a world of natural beauty, showcasing an array of themes such as cherry blossoms in full bloom in spring, swimming sweetfish and lotuses in summer, maples with changing leaves in autumn, and camellias and plum blossoms in winter.

These refreshing displays, alongside revamped menus, create a magical and ever-evolving ambiance all year round.

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The cuisine at MoonFlower captures a harmonious fusion of traditional crafts, culinary excellence, and digital art. Delight in a variety of exquisite dishes artfully prepared from seasonal ingredients, offering an extraordinary and culturally enriching gastronomic experience.

The dining experience is enhanced by the intricate beauty of Arita ware, a famous artisanal craft from Saga, featuring almost transparent white porcelain and elaborate designs. Each place setting reflects unique Japanese landscapes that evolve monthly, capturing the transitions of the four seasons, and adding an extra layer of artistry to the dining affair.

A celebration of culture, innovation, and the ever-changing essence of the natural world, MoonFlower Sagaya Ginza invites you to embark on an unforgettable culinary journey.

Official website: https://moonflower-sagaya.com/en/

4. teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka

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teamLab's Botanical Garden in Osaka transforms Nagai Botanical Garden into a majestic, mysterious, and breathtaking realm. inviting visitors to witness an extraordinary fusion of nature and dazzling art installations. The permanent interactive art exhibition brings a symphony of captivating digital art pieces inspired by the natural elements and the wildlife encased within its serene embrace.

Influenced by the interplay of natural forces such as wind and rain, teamLab's Botanical Garden spreads magic across the grounds with captivating digital art pieces, mirroring the enchanted splendor of each passing season such as a delightful spectacle of soft pink blooms in October, the vivid hues of spring, the bountiful warmth of summer, the resplendent transitions of fall, and the tranquil beauty of winter.

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The exhibition's remarkable features include captivating pillars that react to natural forces, a mesmerizing collection of light-filled flowers, radiant floating lamps that gleam with enchanting colors and sounds, and larger-than-life interactive sculptures depicting the dispersion of swirling energy as birds cast abstract light art across the garden's waterscape.

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With 240,000 square meters of space and a central pond as its centerpiece, the garden features a wide variety of seasonal flora, providing an ideal habitat for a diverse group of wild birds that wander its beautiful landscape.

This seamless blending harmoniously integrates the human community as a part of this enchanting ecosystem, blurring the boundaries between the artificial and natural worlds in a perpetually captivating interplay of life and art.

Official website: https://www.teamlab.art/e/botanicalgarden/

5. TDK Museum, Akita

Interactive Magnetic Field Theater - Spintronics by teamLab. Picture courtesy of teamLab

The TDK Museum in Akita is a free admission facility that features teamLab's "Interactive Magnetic Field Theater" among other exhibits.

The "Interactive Magnetic Field Theater by teamLab" is a digital installation in which viewers move freely through a space enveloped by images projected on the floor and surrounding walls, providing an immersive encounter with the dynamics of magnetism.

Visitors can engage with the projected floating objects (such as earth, planets, aurora, and free electrons) by touching them. The artwork adapts in real time to the viewer's position and actions, ensuring that each experience is unique and irreproducible.

Official website: https://www.teamlab.art/e/tdk_history_museum/

6. 100 Years Sea in Tokushima: An Innovative Culinary Experience Embracing Sustainability

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An innovative fusion of art with gastronomy, the establishment of 100 Years Sea in Tokushima City heralds a new culinary era, immersing guests in a narrative of sustainable dining within an artistic ambiance.

At the heart of this exceptional venue lies the "100 Years Sea," a video scroll with a running time of a hundred years, which depicts the gradual rise of the ocean and envelops visitors in an immersive experience. The captivating digital art scroll invites diners to engage with the intertwined narrative of sustainability, art, and culture.

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As the sea level in the surrounding artwork rises in real-time, guests are invited to embark on a dining voyage where culinary excellence intertwines with the evolving narrative of oceanic sustainability.

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The exhibition exemplifies a dedication to sustainability, highlighted by the exclusive utilization of underappreciated fish procured from the abundant Naruto shore, complemented by meats like wild boar and deer from Tokushima's southern region.

This inventive culinary strategy celebrates the regional environment and mirrors the pioneering endeavors of chef Kaido Ariwara. 100 Years Sea stands as a symbol of progressive dining intertwined with artistic elegance, echoing a dedication to underrecognized resources and the splendor of the sea.

Official website: https://www.teamlab.art/e/100yearssea/

7. teamLab Forest Fukuoka

Catching and Collecting Forest
teamLab, 2020, Interactive Digital Installation, Endless, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi

Located on the fifth floor of BOSS E・ZO FUKUOKA—an amusement facility in Fukuoka—is Kyushu’s first permanent teamLab exhibition. There are ten art exhibits at teamLab Forest Fukuoka – SBI SECURITIES derived from two themes: “Catching and Collecting Forest” and “Athletics Forest.”

Catching and Collecting Forest
teamLab, 2020, Interactive Digital Installation, Endless, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi

Visitors who download the “Catching and Collecting Forest” app can catch and collect animals and insects that appear inside the exhibits on their smartphones. You can also release the animals you’ve caught and return them to the exhibit.

This exhibition is popular among kids since it's the most hands-on, experience-based teamLab exhibition in Japan! We also recommend visiting with children during spring or summer vacation.

Official website: https://www.teamlab.art/e/forest/

8. teamLab Gallery Matama Beach (Kunisaki Peninsula, Oita)

teamLab Gallery Matama Beach opened in the city of Bungotakada ahead of the Kunisaki Art Festival, which took place in the autumn of 2014.

The interactive art installation "Flowers and People, Cannot be Controlled but Live Together" was inspired by the nature-rich environment of the Kunisaki Peninsula, where blossoming trees planted by humans coexist with wild plants.

The flowers are interactive, responding to the viewer’s proximity or touch. They can come to life, shed their petals, wither, or perish instantaneously. Interaction with the installation results in perpetual transformations: past visual states never repeat. The artwork explores the concept of human involvement with nature founded on the principle that nature cannot be controlled.

Official website: https://www.teamlab.art/e/flowers_bungotakada/

There is one more teamLab gallery in Bungotakada: the Showa no Machi Gallery. Here visitors can create drawings of people that come to life through digital projection. It's an exciting interactive exhibit that shouldn't be missed when visiting Bungotakada!

9. teamLab Ruins and Heritage: Rinkan Spa & Tea Ceremony (Takeo Onsen, Saga)

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Nestled amidst the lush serenity of Takeo Onsen's Mifuneyama Rakuen Garden, a site believed to have emerged from the Ariake Sea 3 million years ago, lies a captivating fusion of history, nature, and immersive art experiences.

This remarkable landscape features various ruins, including a 3,000-year-old sacred tree and a cave where the renowned monk Gyoki enshrined statues of the 500 Arhats 1,300 years ago. The entwined roots of natural and human history extend to modern times, with remnants of structures lost and reclaimed by the flow of time.

In an innovative exhibition by teamLab, the aim is to seamlessly integrate art with the historic natural setting, reestablishing a deep connection with the essence of time, the environment, and humanity. As visitors immerse themselves in the art amidst the sauna, participate in alternating hot and cold baths, and savor calming teas, they are invited to unlock a transcendent state, blending with the surrounding forest dotted with enigmatic ruins and resonating with Gyoki's legacy.

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The historical context of Japanese saunas can be traced back to Gyoki, a notable monk of the Nara period (710-784). A fervent devotee, Gyoki advocated for the wellness of his countrymen, popularizing the practice of traditional saunas to alleviate ailments and promote communal well-being.

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The exhibition further encompasses an ethereal display of real-time, interactive artworks curated within the ancient sauna ruins. Notably, the enchanting "Flowers and People" exhibit unfolds a dynamic cycle of flowering through the seasons, responding to the presence and movements of visitors.

In this captivating digital environment, guests can also engage with light illustrations of creatures, including snakes, lizards, and a tranquil whale swimming along the bathhouse walls.

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Additionally, visitors can immerse themselves in the transformative ambiance of the En Tea House, where the calming tea experience is complemented by a play of color-changing lamps, and encounter the mesmerizing fire particles and light sculpture of flames, adding new dimensions to their artistic journey.

Mifuneyama truly offers a profound and immersive experience, weaving together the threads of ancient history, nature's enduring embrace, and contemporary artistic innovation, uniting past and present in a timeless continuum for all to revel in.

Official website: https://www.teamlab.art/e/mifuneyamarakuen-sauna/

10. teamLab Future Park Okinawa

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teamLab Future Park Okinawa is an interactive art exhibition promoting creativity and co-creation. Focusing on creativity, an irreplaceable natural trait that we all have inside ourselves, and connection, the park encourages visitors to play freely and collaborate.

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Visitors can explore through a variety of different realms from rooms full of light spheres and mirrors to slides full of colorful fruit animations.

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The main exhibition, "Graffiti Nature in a Beating Valley," connects visitors and the art installations with a winding digital terrain projecting 3D animals, flowers, and waves of light. Visitors can create their very own creatures by drawing on a piece of paper and watching as the image comes to life in the magical space.

The valley is unpredictable, hosting a wide variety of animals and people. As guests interact with creatures the environment changes, animals disappear, multiply, and reemerge. Blossoming flowers scatter once stepped on, creating a world of beautiful creatures and nature in a digital habitat.

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Other exciting features of the exhibition include "Waterfall Droplets"- which flow down the valley, becoming a body of water when guests work together to collect the droplets by using their bodies, "Animals of Flowers," "Symbiotic Lives II" - where animals form from colorful seasonal flowers within an interactive environment, reacting to the touch of visitors scattering into hundreds of petals.

"Story of the Time when Gods Were Everywhere" is an interactive mural of painted animals, symbolism, and pictographs from ancient China, while "Bouncing Water Genius " is an interactive hopscotch where guests hop through digital water onto colorful shapes and watch as nature flourishes after each step!

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Located in Naha, teamLab Future Park Okinawa is an easily accessible space where people can connect and work together.

Official website: https://www.teamlab.art/e/futurepark-okinawa/

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TeamLab has released a convenient guide app that allows you to read the concepts of the artworks near you. Use this app to deepen your understanding of the works and their background.

The teamLab app can be downloaded for free from the App Store or Google Play.

Enjoy teamLab Exhibits in Japan

Digital art by teamLab isn’t only beautiful to the eyes. The exhibitions are also charming for being interactive and making it possible for visitors to be a part of the digital artwork. Visit one of these exhibits to experience the fantastical world of light and music for yourself!