teamLab Planets TOKYO guide: history, hidden spots and events nearby

A museum in Toyosu where you take off your shoes, wade into water and enter the artworks with your whole body. There is a space where you walk knee-deep through water, and a garden where more than 13,000 living orchids float above your head. With 2,504,264 visitors from April 2023 to March 2024, it was recognized by Guinness World Records as the most visited museum dedicated to a single art group. It runs until the end of 2027.

Kyochika's tips

You will get wet up to the knees, so wear trousers you can roll above the knee or use the free shorts. Our recommendation: go out to the outdoor moss garden after dark. By day the egg-shaped objects reflect the scenery; at night they glow, and pushing one sends color and sound rippling through the garden.
The January 2025 expansion added more works where children can move their bodies, such as the Athletics Forest, and about 60 percent of surveyed visitors now stay two hours or more. If you are going as a family, allow plenty of time.

Events near teamLab Planets TOKYO now and coming up

Within 1.5 km, nearest first. Checked against official pages.

Visiting info

Hours	8:00–22:00 (until 20:00 on December 31). Last entry one hour before closing
Closed	Irregular. In 2026: Thursday November 5 and Thursday December 3
Admission	Adults (18+) ¥3,800, junior high and high school students ¥2,800, children (4–12) ¥1,500, 3 and under free, disability discount ¥1,900, Premium Pass with priority entry ¥12,000 (tax included; dynamic pricing, prices vary by day)
Tickets and payment	Tickets are sold online only, not at the museum. Credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express, Diners), PayPay and UnionPay
Address	6-1-16 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo
Getting there	3 min walk from Shin-toyosu Station Exit 1A (Yurikamome), 5 min from Shijo-mae Station, 10 min from Toyosu Station Exit 7 (Yurakucho Line). Paid shuttle buses from GINZA SIX. No parking (on weekdays, ticket holders get one hour free at LaLaport Toyosu)
Good to know	The water works are experienced barefoot (about knee-deep for adults). Shorts are lent free of charge because of the mirrored floors. Free lockers. No re-entry. Children under 13 must be with an adult 18 or over

Checked on 2026-10-27 against the official pages. Hours and fees can change; please check before you go.

Sources: teamLab Planets TOKYO official website

How did teamLab Planets begin?

It grew out of “DMM.Planets Art by teamLab,” held in Odaiba in 2016. That show ran only 47 days, and some visitors waited more than six hours. Building on it, “teamLab Planets TOKYO DMM.com” opened in Toyosu on July 7, 2018, as a limited run until autumn 2020.

Because of its popularity, the run kept being extended: to the end of 2022, then the end of 2023, and finally to the end of 2027. On July 2, 2021, for the third anniversary, the Garden Area with its orchid garden and moss garden opened.

On January 22, 2025, the museum grew to about 1.5 times its size, adding more than 20 works including the Athletics Forest, the Catching and Collecting Forest and Learn! Future Park. It is run by PLANETS Co., Ltd., founded in 2017; the works are by teamLab, an art collective active since 2001.

Sources: SPICE「チームラボプラネッツ TOKYO DMM.com、豊洲に期間限定オープン」（2018年6月27日） (Japanese) / Business Wire「Garden Area 誕生」（2021年6月29日） (Japanese) / Business Wire「チームラボプラネッツ 5周年・2027年末まで延長」（2023年8月30日） (Japanese) / Business Wire「約1.5倍に拡張、2025年1月22日オープン」 (Japanese)

The orchids float in the air, without soil

“Floating Flower Garden: Flowers and I are of the Same Root, the Garden and I are One” is a space filled with more than 13,000 living orchids. They are grown without soil, their roots hanging in the air.

When you approach, only the orchids around you slowly rise to open a path; once you pass, the ones behind you come down again. The walls and floor are mirrors, so flowers surround you 360 degrees. When you meet other visitors, your open spaces join.

Sources: BE-PAL「豊洲『チームラボプラネッツ』で13,000株のランに没入」 (Japanese) / るるぶ&more.「チームラボプラネッツ新エリア Garden Area」 (Japanese) / teamLab Planets TOKYO official website

More visitors than the Van Gogh Museum

From April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024 it had 2,504,264 visitors, and in 2024 Guinness World Records recognized it as the most visited museum dedicated to a single art group.

For comparison, in 2023 the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam had 1,686,766 visitors and the Picasso Museum in Barcelona 1,047,094. It was teamLab's second Guinness record, after teamLab Borderless in Odaiba (2,198,284 visitors) in 2019.

Sources: Business Wire「ギネス世界記録に認定」（2024年7月9日） (Japanese) / 美術手帖「チームラボプラネッツがギネス世界記録に」（2024年7月10日） (Japanese)

About 70 percent come from abroad

Between March and August 2023, about one million visitors came from 182 countries and regions outside Japan, about 70 percent of the total.

Even in its first year, more than 1.25 million people came from 106 countries and regions. It has become a destination in its own right for travelers to Tokyo.

Sources: Business Wire「チームラボプラネッツ 5周年・2027年末まで延長」（2023年8月30日） (Japanese) / Business Wire「チームラボプラネッツ桜」（2020年2月3日） (Japanese)

People stay longer since the expansion

In the month after the January 2025 expansion, ticket purchases were about 130 percent of the same period a year earlier.

In the museum's survey, visitors staying two hours or more rose from about 12 percent before the expansion to about 60 percent, and those staying three hours or more from about 1 percent to about 20 percent. It is no longer a one-hour museum.

Sources: Business Wire「拡張後1か月の来館・滞在時間、桜の季節」（2025年2月25日） (Japanese)

The flowers change with the seasons

In “Floating in the Falling Universe of Flowers” and the koi work, flowers of the whole year shift with the seasons. They are born, bud, bloom, scatter and wither in an endless cycle.

From March 1 to April 30, 2025, both works turned to cherry blossoms: the space filled with sakura, and the koi scattered into cherry petals when they hit people.

Sources: Business Wire「拡張後1か月の来館・滞在時間、桜の季節」（2025年2月25日） (Japanese) / Business Wire「チームラボプラネッツ桜」（2020年2月3日） (Japanese)

Getting there by taxi and bus

🚕 Taxi

From Ginza About 10 minutes. Head toward Ariake on Harumi-dori and turn left at the Harumi Ohashi South intersection (晴海大橋南詰).
From Tokyo Station About 15 minutes via Gaibori-dori, Eitai-dori and Chuo-dori.
Drop-off Stopping near the main entrance is dangerous; follow security staff instructions. There is no dedicated parking.

🚌 Bus

Tokyo Station Marunouchi South Exit (丸の内南口), stop 1 Toei Bus 都05-2 for Tokyo Big Sight. The venue says this route toward Shin-Toyosu gets very crowded
Ginza 4-chome (銀座四丁目), stop 4 Toei Bus 都05-2 for Tokyo Big Sight

Other ways to get around

Paid shuttle bus from Ginza (GINZA SIX) A paid shuttle links Ginza and the venue; check the venue's page for timetable and booking.

The nearest station is Shin-Toyosu on the Yurikamome (3-minute walk from Exit 1A). Because Toei Bus 都05-2 is very crowded, the venue recommends other transport. You can also book a taxi by app: GO works in English with foreign phone numbers and cards, Uber books licensed taxis in Tokyo, and since early 2026 visitors can call S.RIDE taxis through DiDi in the 23 wards and nearby.

Sources: teamLab Planets access (Japanese) / Toei Bus stop guide: Tokyo (Japanese) / Toei Bus stop guide: Ginza (Japanese) / Tokyo Cheapo: How to catch a taxi in Tokyo / Japan Taxi Apps for Tourists (Oct 12, 2026)

Our suggested route

Leave your shoes in a locker At the entrance, put your shoes and socks in a locker and go barefoot. Roll your trousers above the knee or change into the free shorts (10 min).
Water Area Seven works: wade knee-deep through the koi, see the points of light in “The Infinite Crystal Universe,” lie back under the universe of flowers (40 min).
Garden Area The Floating Flower Garden with its orchids and the outdoor moss garden (20 min). The moss garden is best after dark.
Athletics Forest and Future Park About 17 works where you bounce, climb, slide and watch creatures you drew come to life (40–60 min).
Outdoor area and shops Eat vegan ramen inside an artwork, then visit the Living Art Store and the Sketch Factory (30 min).

In the museum's survey, about 60 percent of visitors stayed two hours or more. The times above are our estimate; the whole route takes about 2.5–3 hours. There is no re-entry, so plan to eat inside.

Sources: teamLab Planets TOKYO official website / Business Wire「拡張後1か月の来館・滞在時間、桜の季節」（2025年2月25日） (Japanese)

What to see by season

All year	The flowers in the universe-of-flowers and koi works change with the seasons
March 1 – April 30 (2025 example)	The universe-of-flowers and koi works turn to cherry blossoms. We will add 2027's dates when they are announced
Dusk to night	The ovoids in the outdoor moss garden glow, and touching them spreads color and sound
December 31	Closes at 20:00 (normally 22:00)

Sources: Business Wire「拡張後1か月の来館・滞在時間、桜の季節」（2025年2月25日） (Japanese) / BE-PAL「豊洲『チームラボプラネッツ』で13,000株のランに没入」 (Japanese) / teamLab Planets TOKYO official website

teamLab Planets or teamLab Borderless?

teamLab Borderless at Azabudai Hills opened on February 9, 2024. More than 70 works move from room to room and blend into “one world without boundaries,” and the fun is in wandering and discovering.

Planets in Toyosu centers on full-body experiences such as wading barefoot through water and walking among orchids, and you move through it in sequence.

Our take: if you don't mind getting wet and want to move around with children, choose Planets. If you want to drop in without worrying about clothes and explore at your own pace, choose Borderless.

Sources: るるぶ&more.「チームラボボーダレス麻布台ヒルズ」 (Japanese) / teamLab Planets TOKYO official website

Nearby: combine with

Toyosu Market Right by Shijo-mae Station, 5 min on foot from Planets. The visitor walkway is open 5:00–17:00 (closed on market holidays); restaurants and shops close on Sundays, national holidays and market holidays. Our suggestion: eat at the market in the morning, then go to Planets.
Toyosu Senkyaku Banrai Restaurants and a hot-spring facility next to the market, opened on February 1, 2024. On the 8th floor is a free foot-bath garden using spring water from Hakone and Yugawara, a nice way to warm feet that walked barefoot.
Odaiba On the same Yurikamome line. Move to Odaiba in the afternoon and end the day with the evening fountain show and the night view.

Sources: 東京都中央卸売市場「豊洲市場開館時間・見学者コース」 (Japanese) / 東京都中央卸売市場「豊洲千客万来について」 (Japanese) / 時事通信「豊洲の観光拠点、報道公開来月1日オープン」（2024年1月29日） (Japanese) / teamLab Planets TOKYO official website

Little-known spots

The moss garden at night: Push one of the egg-shaped “ovoids” in the outdoor Moss Garden of Resonating Microcosms and it rights itself like a tumbler toy, rings, and changes color, and the change spreads to the ones around it. By day the garden fills with mist; after sunset the ovoids glow, in 61 colors.
Ramen inside an artwork: The outdoor area has Vegan Ramen UZU Tokyo, and you can eat your takeaway ramen inside artworks such as “Reversible Rotation in the Black Emptiness.” The restaurants are only reachable after entering the museum.
Take the orchids home: The Living Art Store sells orchids that bloomed in the Floating Flower Garden. Even after the petals fall, they will bloom again with care.
Your drawing as a souvenir: At the Sketch Factory, your own drawing is turned into badges, hand towels, T-shirts, tote bags and more to take home.
The koi are not a recording: In “Drawing on the Water Surface Created by the Dance of Koi and People,” the koi react to people and to each other, and burst into flowers when they hit someone. A computer draws it in real time, so no moment repeats. Children with an inseam under 40 cm must be carried by an adult.

Sources: BE-PAL「豊洲『チームラボプラネッツ』で13,000株のランに没入」 (Japanese) / Business Wire「Garden Area 誕生」（2021年6月29日） (Japanese) / チームラボ「Vegan Ramen UZU Tokyo」 (Japanese) / チームラボ「teamLab Flower Shop」 (Japanese) / Business Wire「約1.5倍に拡張、2025年1月22日オープン」 (Japanese) / teamLab Planets TOKYO official website / るるぶ&more.「チームラボプラネッツ新エリア Garden Area」 (Japanese)

FAQ

What are the opening hours of teamLab Planets TOKYO?

8:00–22:00 (until 20:00 on December 31). Last entry one hour before closing

How much does teamLab Planets TOKYO cost?

Adults (18+) ¥3,800, junior high and high school students ¥2,800, children (4–12) ¥1,500, 3 and under free, disability discount ¥1,900, Premium Pass with priority entry ¥12,000 (tax included; dynamic pricing, prices vary by day)

How do I get to teamLab Planets TOKYO?

3 min walk from Shin-toyosu Station Exit 1A (Yurikamome), 5 min from Shijo-mae Station, 10 min from Toyosu Station Exit 7 (Yurakucho Line). Paid shuttle buses from GINZA SIX. No parking (on weekdays, ticket holders get one hour free at LaLaport Toyosu)

How did teamLab Planets begin?

What are some little-known spots in teamLab Planets TOKYO?

The moss garden at night, Ramen inside an artwork, Take the orchids home, Your drawing as a souvenir, The koi are not a recording.

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