teamLab Planets is the Toyosu installation by digital-art collective teamLab — a body-scale immersive experience where you remove shoes and socks and physically walk through seven environment-rooms (mirror water, infinite light, hanging orchids, falling petals).
What to Expect
You queue, store shoes and socks in a free locker, then move through the rooms in your own time. The signature room — Drawing on the Water Surface — has knee-deep mirrored water with projected koi swimming around your legs that morph into flowers if you stand still. Allow 90–120 minutes inside.
Two more rooms are bucket-list-grade: the Floating Flower Garden (13,000 living orchids suspended at face height that rise as you walk through), and The Infinite Crystal Universe (a walk-in mirror room with hanging LED strips). Phones and photos are encouraged everywhere; selfie sticks are not allowed. Wear shorts or roll-up trousers — the water is genuinely knee-deep.
Consider This Instead
teamLab Borderless reopened in February 2024 in Azabudai Hills — also a teamLab installation, but a maze of projection rooms with no water, more conceptual art and (still) much smaller crowds than Planets. If you’ve already done Planets on a previous trip, or want a quieter teamLab experience, Borderless is the better pick. Closer to central Tokyo too (Roppongi 5 min walk vs Shin-Toyosu 25 min from Tokyo Station).
How to Get There
Getting There
- 1Take JR Keiyo Line → Shin-Kiba Station
- 2Transfer to Yurikamome Line → Shin-Toyosu Station
- 3Walk to teamLab Planets → venue entrance
- 1Take JR Yamanote Line → Tokyo Station
- 2Continue via Keiyo + Yurikamome lines → Shin-Toyosu Station
Tips
- Book online, not at the door — there are no walk-in tickets, and weekend slots sell out 2-3 weeks ahead.
- Take the 09:00 slot — first arrival, smallest crowd, and you walk into the water room before it’s been churned to ripples.
- Skip the Toyosu fish auction same morning — auctions end 06:30, you’d be exhausted by 09:00. Pair with sushi at Toyosu Market for lunch instead.
- Stroller-friendly with caveats — strollers are checked at the door; small children miss the orchid room ceiling but love the water room.
FAQ
teamLab Planets vs teamLab Borderless — which one?
Planets (Toyosu) is body-scale, barefoot, water rooms — most physical and most Instagram-famous. Borderless (Azabudai Hills, 2024) is a maze of projection rooms, no water, more conceptual art. If you can only do one, Planets first.
How far in advance should I book?
Weekends and school holidays: 2-3 weeks ahead. Weekdays in shoulder seasons (January, June): often available 2-3 days ahead. Sunset slots always sell out fastest.
Is it OK with kids?
Yes — kids love the water room and crystal universe. The orchid room hangs at adult face height; small children walk under without seeing them. Strollers checked at entry.
