teamLab Planets Tokyo Guide

What teamLab Planets is

teamLab Planets is digital art you walk into with your whole body. You leave your shoes at the entrance and move barefoot through a sequence of rooms designed to dissolve the line between you and the work: floors that are soft and sloping underfoot, a room where you wade through flowing water lit with projected koi that scatter as you pass, a mirrored space filled with light, and garden rooms — including one of living orchids suspended overhead and a moss-garden of reflective ovoids. Unlike a museum you look at, Planets is one you feel through your feet.

It sits in Toyosu, on Tokyo Bay's eastern side, close to the wholesale fish market that replaced Tsukiji. That location shapes the smart way to visit: it's a half-day out east rather than something to squeeze into a central afternoon, and it pairs beautifully with a morning at Toyosu Market.

Set your expectations for the physicality. You will get your feet — and possibly the hems of your clothes — wet; floors move and slope; some rooms are dark. That is the experience working as intended, and it's why what you wear and carry matters more here than at any other Tokyo art venue.

Borderless vs Planets

The head-to-head if you're choosing which teamLab to book.

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Planets vs Borderless — pick the right one

These are two separate venues, and booking the wrong one is a common, avoidable mistake. Planets, in Toyosu, is the barefoot, wade-through-water, immersive venue. Borderless, at Azabudai Hills near Roppongi, is the walk-on, wander-to-find-it gallery version — central and entirely dry.

Choose Planets if you want the more physical, sensory experience and you don't mind wet feet and rolled-up trousers — and if you're already drawn to Toyosu for the market. Choose Borderless if you'd rather roam freely through mirrored rooms on normal floors in central Tokyo, easy to combine with the Roppongi museums. Doing both is popular, but they're across the city from each other, so give each its own slot. The comparison page sets out vibe, time needed, photo rules and family fit in detail.

• Planets — Toyosu; barefoot, with water rooms and soft sloping floors; more physical; pairs with the market.
• Borderless — Azabudai Hills (near Roppongi); walk-on, dry, wander freely; central.
• Both? Separate slots, separate parts of the trip — they aren't near each other.

teamLab Borderless

The walk-on, wander-freely venue near Roppongi — what it is and how to plan it.

The barefoot, wet practicalities

This is the section that makes or breaks a Planets visit. You'll be barefoot and you'll get wet to roughly knee height in the water room, so dress for it. Shorts, or trousers and skirts you can roll well above the knee, are ideal; tight long trousers and long flowing skirts are the worst choice. teamLab provides wrap-style garments to borrow for anyone whose clothing won't roll up, so you won't be turned away — but it's far more comfortable to arrive dressed for water. Bring or wear nothing precious near the floor; light, quick-drying fabric is your friend.

Lockers at the entrance take your shoes and bags, and you go through carrying as little as possible — a phone for photos is the main thing. Because some floors are mirrored, the same skirt/dress caveat as Borderless applies, and Planets typically offers loaner shorts to address it. Photography is generally allowed without flash or tripods. Afterwards you'll want a minute to dry your feet and unroll, so don't schedule a tight connection straight after.

None of this should put you off — it's a delight once you're set up for it. It just rewards a little preparation that a normal museum never asks for.

• Expect wet feet up to ~knee height — wear shorts or roll-up trousers; avoid long tight legwear and long skirts.
• Loaner wrap garments / shorts are available if your clothing won't work — but come prepared.
• Lockers take shoes and bags; go in carrying just a phone.
• Mirrored floors in places — light, simple clothing photographs best.
• Photos generally fine (no flash/tripod); leave time to dry off after.

Tickets and timed entry

Like Borderless, Planets sells timed-entry tickets that go fast at peak times. Book a dated slot online on teamLab's official site before you travel, particularly for weekends, holidays and high season. Prices and any child or discount thresholds change, so confirm the current rate at booking rather than relying on an old figure.

Your timed slot is your entry window; once inside you can move at your own pace, though the route through Planets is more linear than Borderless's free-roam layout, so the natural visit is shorter — plan for roughly 1 to 2 hours including drying off. Buy through the official channel to avoid resale mark-ups, and have the QR code ready on arrival.

Because it's a timed, sell-out attraction at the far east of the city, treat the slot as the anchor of your Toyosu plan — book it first, then build the market and any bay-side add-ons around it.

• Book a dated, timed slot on the official site in advance — sells out at peak times.
• Prices and discounts change — verify at booking.
• More linear than Borderless; allow ~1–2 hours including drying off.
• Buy official; have your QR ticket ready.

Tickets & Reservations

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Getting there and pairing with Toyosu

Planets is a short walk from Shin-Toyosu Station on the Yurikamome line, and within reach of Toyosu Station on the Yūrakuchō subway line; the Yurikamome itself is a scenic elevated ride across the bay from Shimbashi. Confirm the nearest exit on the official site, as the area is built up and the walk is signed once you're close.

The obvious companion is Toyosu Market, a short hop away — the modern home of Tokyo's tuna trade, with seafood breakfasts and (for early risers) tuna-auction viewing. A classic plan is the market in the morning for the auction and a sushi breakfast, then a midday or afternoon Planets slot. The bay-side setting also makes for an easy, uncrowded half-day away from central Tokyo's density.

Whatever you bolt on, lock the Planets slot first; the rest of Toyosu flexes around it easily.

Toyosu Market

Tuna-auction viewing and seafood meals a short walk away — the natural pairing.

teamLab Borderless

The central, walk-on venue near Roppongi if you'd rather stay dry.