teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka: A Permanent Exhibition for Walking Nagai Botanical Garden at Night; Guide to Hours, Prices and What to Wear

“teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka,” a permanent exhibition by the art collective teamLab, is held at night at Nagai Botanical Garden in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka. An outdoor museum that opened on Friday, July 29, 2022, it features works using trees, a pond and meadows that change in response to people, wind and rain. It opens at 18:00 and, until Tuesday, October 27, closes at 21:30 (last entry 20:30). Admission is 1,800 yen for adults (high school students and older), and there is no time limit once you enter.

“Digitized Nature,” where a botanical garden at night becomes the artwork

Nagai Botanical Garden is an outdoor botanical garden that opened in 1974, covering about 240,000 square meters, with a large pond at its center. The exhibition is presented as one of teamLab’s “Digitized Nature” projects, an attempt to make “nature become art as it is” through non-material digital technology. Under the heading “The Contours of Life-Like Existence,” the official website explains that life exists within a flow with its surrounding environment, and that the works, too, are continuous with the environment, with ambiguous outlines.

The exhibition is organized by teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka LLC, with support from Osaka City, the Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau, Osaka Metro, Kintetsu Railway, West Japan Railway Company and others. The adult price is less than half that of teamLab Planets TOKYO in Tokyo and teamLab Biovortex Kyoto in Kyoto (both 3,800 yen for adults). Venues around Japan are compared in our guide to teamLab venues.

What can be seen?

The venue map lists 16 works. In the camellia garden there are works such as “Resonating Microcosms in the Camellia Garden - Liquefied Light Colors, Dusk to Dawn,” and on the large pond, “Floating Resonating Lamps on the Large Pond - Fire.” Others include “Autonomous Resonating Life Forest - Eucalyptus,” “Grassland of Light Colors - Capillaris,” “Dissipating Bird Sculptures in the Wind” and “Fire Possessing the Forest - Secondary Forest.” Works from the “Resonating Trees” series (crape myrtle, zelkova and camphor, weeping cherry and others) are also found throughout the garden.

The works may change with the weather and seasons. There is no set route; visitors walk around freely. Since the garden is very large, the official website asks visitors to allow plenty of time. Another outdoor teamLab exhibition, “teamLab: Digitized Fukuoka Castle Ruins 2026-2027,” opened in Fukuoka on Friday, October 30.

Opening hours, closing days and crowds

Opening hours vary by period. From Wednesday, October 28 to Sunday, November 1 and from Tuesday, November 3 to Sunday, November 8, hours are 18:00–22:30 (last entry 21:30). On Monday, November 2 and from Monday, November 9 to Sunday, January 31, 2027, hours are 18:00–21:30 (last entry 20:30). The garden is closed on Monday, October 26, Monday, December 14 and Monday, January 18, 2027.

Visitors entering between 18:00 and 20:15 from October 28 to November 1 and from November 3 to November 8 should take note: sound and lighting from concerts and rehearsals at the adjacent stadium may affect the viewing of some works. Depending on crowds, visitors may have to wait about 10 to 30 minutes from the opening time. Tickets are for a specified date, and visitors can enter at any time until the last entry time. Re-entry is not permitted.

Tickets and prices

Prices (tax included, dynamic pricing) are 1,800 yen for adults (high school students and older) and 500 yen for children (elementary and junior high school students); preschool children are free. The disability discount price is 900 yen, available to the certificate holder and up to one companion. Tickets can be bought on the official ticket website (credit card payment) and through ticket agencies such as Lawson Ticket, but dates cannot be changed for agency tickets. Only same-day tickets are sold at the venue, at 200 yen more for adults and 100 yen more for children and the disability discount, and they may sell out. Tickets bought on the official website can be changed to another date (up to three times) or canceled until 21:00 on the planned date of the visit.

Frequently asked questions

What should I wear and bring?

Many areas are unpaved, uneven and dark, so comfortable shoes such as sneakers are recommended. Long sleeves and long pants to prevent insect bites, as well as insect repellent spray, are also recommended. Bags 50 cm or longer, food and alcohol may not be brought in, and visitors are asked not to wear light-up shoes or carry glow sticks.

Is it open on rainy days?

The event may be canceled or suspended when a storm warning, heavy rain warning or advisory, or thunderstorm advisory is in effect. It may also be canceled after an earthquake of seismic intensity 4 or higher. Information is posted on the official website and social media.

What about children, wheelchairs and photography?

Junior high school students and younger must be accompanied by a guardian aged 18 or over, with up to three children per guardian (including children admitted free). Wheelchair users can enter, but some works, such as the eucalyptus area, cannot be passed through for safety reasons. Photography is allowed, but flash, drones, monopods, tripods and selfie sticks cannot be used.

Access

The garden is about a 10-minute walk east from Exit 3 of Nagai Station on the Osaka Metro Midosuji Line and about a 12-minute walk east from the East Exit of Nagai Station on the JR Hanwa Line. As the parking lots in Nagai Park are expected to be crowded, the official website recommends coming by public transportation.

Overview

Name: teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka
Dates: From Friday, July 29, 2022 (permanent)
Hours: 18:00–21:30 (last entry 20:30). Until 22:30 (last entry 21:30) from Wednesday, October 28 to Sunday, November 1 and from Tuesday, November 3 to Sunday, November 8. Varies by period
Closed: Monday, October 26; Monday, December 14; Monday, January 18, 2027
Venue: Nagai Botanical Garden
Address: 1-23 Nagai Koen, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
Admission: Adults (high school students and older) 1,800 yen, children (elementary and junior high school students) 500 yen, disability discount 900 yen, free for preschool children (dynamic pricing; same-day purchase at the venue costs 200 yen more for adults and 100 yen more for children and the disability discount)
Organizer: teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka LLC
Official website: https://www.teamlab.art/jp/e/botanicalgarden/
*Information as of October 19, 2026. Please check the official website for the latest information.

*Top image: teamLab, “Life, a Sea Twinkling in the Darkness” © teamLab (from a press release by teamLab Inc.)

*This article was compiled by the TOKYO ART SPHERE editorial team based on information on the official website of teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka (as of October 19, 2026).

Text: TOKYO ART SPHERE Editorial Team