[2026 Update] Guide to teamLab Venues: 11 Locations in Japan, Including Toyosu, Azabudai, Kyoto and Fukuoka

Works by the art collective teamLab can be experienced in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Fukuoka, Saga, Oita and Okinawa. “teamLab Planets TOKYO DMM” in Toyosu, Tokyo, is open until the end of 2027. In Maizuru Park in Fukuoka City, “teamLab: Digitized Fukuoka Castle Ruins 2026-2027” will be held from Friday, October 30 to Monday, January 11, 2027 (national holiday). This article compiles the locations, dates, features and how to buy tickets for 11 venues in total, 9 mainly permanent ones and 2 limited-time ones, based on official information as of October 19, 2026.

teamLab’s venues are at once museums and travel destinations. “teamLab Borderless” at Azabudai Hills passed 4 million visitors on Friday, July 31, 2026, about 70% of them international visitors. “teamLab Biovortex Kyoto,” which opened south of Kyoto Station on October 7, 2025, welcomed more than 1.3 million people from 167 countries and regions in its first year. On the adjacent site, the experiential art center “Superblue Kyoto” is scheduled to open in early 2027.

Outdoors, teamLab presents works that change in response to wind, rain and people’s actions at the Nagai Botanical Garden, the Fukuoka Castle ruins and a meadow on a former factory site in Higashiosaka. An overview of immersive art as a whole is given in What Is Immersive Art?

teamLab venues across Japan (as of October 2026)

Based on the list of exhibitions on teamLab’s official website, arranged by region.

• teamLab Planets TOKYO DMM (Toyosu, Tokyo): until the end of 2027

• teamLab Borderless (Azabudai Hills, Tokyo): permanent

• MoonFlower Sagaya Ginza, Art by teamLab (a restaurant in Ginza, Tokyo): since 2017

• teamLab Biovortex Kyoto (Kyoto Station Hachijo Exit): permanent

• teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka (Nagai Botanical Garden): permanent, nighttime only

• teamLab: Field of Wind, Rain and Sun (Higashiosaka, Osaka): permanent, café customers only

• teamLab: Digitized Fukuoka Castle Ruins 2026-2027 (Maizuru Park, Fukuoka): October 30 – January 11, 2027

• teamLab Forest Fukuoka - SBI SECURITIES (Jigyohama, Fukuoka): permanent

• teamLab Ruins and Remains: Rinkan Chanoyu (Takeo Onsen, Saga): permanent

• teamLab Gallery Matama Coast (Bungotakada, Oita): permanent

• teamLab Future Park Okinawa (Naha, Okinawa): permanent

Tokyo: Planets, Borderless and a restaurant in Ginza

teamLab Planets TOKYO DMM (Toyosu)

teamLab describes it as a “museum where you walk through water,” with works in which visitors walk barefoot through water. In some places the water comes up to the knees, even for adults, and the museum recommends clothes that can get wet or a change of clothes for small children.

On October 6, 2026, it announced the unveiling of “Body of Waves,” a soft sculpture in which your feet sink as you walk. The force your body creates is transmitted through the whole sculpture, and the forces of other people come back to you. Countless lights flow down along its shape. The museum is scheduled to operate until the end of 2027, and the latest details are introduced in our article on Planets.

Dates: Saturday, July 7, 2018 – end of 2027
Hours: 8:00–22:00 (until 20:00 on December 31; last entry one hour before closing)
Closed: Thursday, November 5; Thursday, December 3
Address: 6-1-16 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo
Admission: Adults (18 and over) 3,800 yen, junior high and high school students 2,800 yen, children (4–12) 1,500 yen, 3 and under free (dynamic pricing). Premium Pass with no designated time 12,000 yen
Tickets: Purchased online, such as on the official ticket site. Not sold on site
Official website: https://www.teamlab.art/jp/e/planets/

teamLab Borderless (Azabudai Hills)

Its official name is “Mori Building Digital Art Museum: EPSON teamLab Borderless.” It moved from its former site in Odaiba (2018–2022) and opened on February 9, 2024. Billed as a “museum without a map,” its works leave the rooms, move around and mix with other works.

In July 2026, it unveiled the new series “Asymmetric Existence” and “Chromatic Existence.” At “EN TEA HOUSE Genkatei” inside the museum, visitors can enjoy tea and ice cream while experiencing the artwork. The current state of the exhibits is reported in detail in our article on Borderless.

Opened: February 9, 2024 (permanent)
Hours: 8:30–21:00 (varies by day; last entry one hour before closing)
Closed: Tuesday, October 20 and other days (as announced in August 2026; check the official website for later dates)
Address: Azabudai Hills Garden Plaza B, B1, 5-9 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Access: Directly connected to Kamiyacho Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line and Roppongi-itchome Station on the Namboku Line (official FAQ)
Admission: Adults (18 and over) from 3,600 yen, children (4–12) 1,500 yen, 3 and under free (as announced in July 2026; dynamic pricing for adults)
Tickets: Official ticket site. Tickets can also be bought on site, but at a different price from online
Official website: https://www.teamlab.art/jp/e/tokyo/

MoonFlower Sagaya Ginza, Art by teamLab (Ginza)

A restaurant that opened on April 1, 2017, presenting the work “World Unleashed and Then Connecting.” When dishes and plates are placed on the table, the worlds sealed inside them are unleashed and spread throughout the space.

Opened: April 1, 2017
Address: PUZZLE GINZA 6F, 2-5-19 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Reservations: Via TableCheck from the official page, or by phone
Official website: https://www.teamlab.art/jp/e/sagaya/

Kyoto and Osaka: Biovortex, the Botanical Garden and the meadow in Higashiosaka

teamLab Biovortex Kyoto (Kyoto Station Hachijo Exit)

A permanent museum that opened on October 7, 2025, with more than 50 artwork groups in a total floor area of about 10,000 square meters. There is also an “Athletics Forest,” where visitors move around with their whole bodies, and a Sketch Factory. According to its operating partnership, about 44% of visitors in its first year were international visitors, and the average length of stay exceeded 2 hours and 30 minutes. Its first year is covered in our article on its first anniversary.

On Friday, November 20, a teahouse where artworks are born when tea is prepared, “Teahouse in a Sea of Light Ittekian,” is scheduled to open, and the work “Tea in Spontaneous Order” will be unveiled the same day. The work “Living Crystallized Light” cannot be viewed until early November because of maintenance.

Opened: October 7, 2025 (permanent)
Hours: 9:00–21:00 (last entry 19:30)
Closed: Tuesday, November 17; Thursday, November 19; Tuesday, December 15
Address: 21-5 Higashikujo Higashi-Iwamotocho, Minami-ku, Kyoto
Access: About a 7-minute walk from the Hachijo Exit of Kyoto Station; about an 11-minute walk from Keihan Shichijo Station
Admission: Adults (18 and over) 3,800 yen (dynamic pricing), ages 13–17 2,800 yen, ages 4–12 1,800 yen, 3 and under free. The Flexible Pass, which specifies only the date of visit, is 12,000 yen
Tickets: Official ticket site and others. Tickets bought at the venue cost 200 yen more
Official website: https://www.teamlab.art/jp/e/kyoto/

teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka (Nagai Botanical Garden)

A permanent exhibition that turns the Nagai Botanical Garden, about 240,000 square meters with a large pond, into a nighttime art space. Works such as “Grassland of Light Colors - Capillaris” and “Resonating Lamps Floating on the Large Pond - Fire” are on display, and many of them respond to people, wind and rain.

Much of the garden is dark and unpaved, and the official website recommends sneakers, long sleeves and long pants, and insect repellent. From 18:00 to 20:15 on October 28 – November 1 and November 3–8, the viewing conditions of some works may be affected by events at the adjacent stadium. Seasonal works are introduced in our article on the Botanical Garden.

Opened: July 29, 2022 (permanent)
Hours: 18:00–21:30 (last entry 20:30). Until 22:30 on October 28 – November 1 and November 3–8 (last entry 21:30)
Closed: Monday, October 26; Monday, December 14; Monday, January 18, 2027
Venue: Nagai Botanical Garden (1-23 Nagai Park, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka)
Access: About a 10-minute walk from Exit 3 of Nagai Station on the Midosuji subway line
Admission: Adults (high school students and older) 1,800 yen, children (elementary and junior high school students) 500 yen, preschool children free (dynamic pricing; on-site purchases cost 200 yen more for adults and 100 yen more for children)
Tickets: Date and time specified. Official ticket site, Lawson Ticket and others. Only same-day tickets are sold on site
Official website: https://www.teamlab.art/jp/e/botanicalgarden/

teamLab: Field of Wind, Rain and Sun (Higashiosaka)

A permanent exhibition that began on October 5, 2024, set in a meadow created on a former factory site and the “Kankan Factory Meadow Café.” Based on teamLab’s concept of “Environmental Phenomena,” the works are born from the environment. They include “Sky Calligraphy of Wind and Sun,” in which lines appear in the sky on windy days, and “Enso of the Sun,” in which a perfect rainbow-colored circle appears around noon on windless, sunny days.

The works can be experienced only by café customers, with reservations for a specific date and time. Children 6 and under cannot enter, and those from age 7 to junior high school age must be accompanied by a guardian aged 20 or over.

Opened: October 5, 2024 (permanent)
Hours: 10:30–16:30 (last entry 15:30), 18:30–21:20 (last entry 20:40)
Closed: Tuesdays and Wednesdays in October and November (open Tuesday, November 3)
Venue: Kankan Factory Meadow Café (1-1-15 Wakaehigashimachi, Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture)
Access: 12-minute walk from Kintetsu Wakae-Iwata Station
Official website: https://www.teamlab.art/jp/e/field/

Kyushu and Okinawa: the Fukuoka Castle Ruins Light Festival, Forest Fukuoka, Takeo, Matama Coast and Naha

teamLab: Digitized Fukuoka Castle Ruins 2026-2027 (Maizuru Park, limited time)

This is the third edition at the Fukuoka Castle ruins and the first in seven years, with eight works set up in the heart of the castle ruins, where stone walls and stone steps remain. In “Autonomous Resonating Life,” when an object is pushed by a person or knocked over by wind or rain, it rights itself while its light and sound intensify. “Enso on the Ancient Stone Walls,” which keeps drawing enso circles on the stone walls, and “Pillars of Constant Flux” and “Materialized Time,” both dated 2026, are also on display.

The festival is held even in the rain, but if a storm warning, heavy rain warning or similar is issued, opening may be delayed or canceled. Re-entry is not allowed. The works are introduced in detail in our article on the Light Festival.

Dates: Friday, October 30, 2026 – Monday, January 11, 2027 (national holiday)
Hours: 18:30–22:00 (from 18:15 from November 7 to December 31; last entry 21:30)
Venue: Fukuoka Castle Ruins, Maizuru Park (Jonai, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka)
Access: 8-minute walk from Akasaka Station and Ohorikoen Station on the Fukuoka City Subway
Admission: Weekdays (except December 29–31): adults 2,300 yen, junior high and high school students 1,300 yen, elementary school students 700 yen. Saturdays, Sundays, holidays and December 29–31: adults 2,500 yen, junior high and high school students 1,500 yen, elementary school students 900 yen. Preschool children free (same-day tickets at the venue cost 200 yen more for adults and 100 yen more for junior high, high school and elementary school students)
Tickets: No date and time needed on weekdays; date and time reservations required on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays and December 29–31. ARTNE TICKET ONLINE, Ticket Pia and at the venue (same-day tickets only)
Official website: https://www.teamlab.art/jp/e/fukuoka-castle/

teamLab Forest Fukuoka - SBI SECURITIES (Jigyohama)

A permanent exhibition on the 5th floor of BOSS E·ZO FUKUOKA, next to MIZUHO PayPay Dome FUKUOKA, which opened on July 21, 2020. In the “Catching and Collecting Forest,” visitors catch dinosaurs and other animals with a smartphone app, study them and collect them in an illustrated encyclopedia. There is also an “Athletics Forest” for active play. Many areas cannot be entered in high-heeled shoes or sandals.

Opened: July 21, 2020 (permanent)
Hours: Weekdays 11:00–19:00, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays 10:00–19:00 (subject to change)
Venue: BOSS E·ZO FUKUOKA 5F (2-2-6 Jigyohama, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka)
Admission: Ages 16 and over from 2,400 yen, high school, university and vocational school students from 2,000 yen, ages 15 and under from 1,000 yen, 3 and under free
Tickets: Official ticket site. Tickets can also be bought from on-site machines, but are not sold if sold out
Official website: https://www.teamlab.art/jp/e/forest/

teamLab Ruins and Remains: Rinkan Chanoyu (Takeo Onsen, Saga)

A permanent exhibition combining the sauna “Rakan-no-Yu” with art, which began on November 10, 2021 at Mifuneyama Rakuen in Takeo Onsen. Works on display include “Megaliths in the Bathhouse Ruins” and “Continuous Existence in the Bathhouse Ruins,” which can be experienced after sunset. The official website states that the seasonal display of “Forest of Resonating Lamps and Spiral” runs until November 7.

Opened: November 10, 2021 (permanent)
Hours: Art exhibition 11:00–22:00 (last entry 21:30)
Venue: Mifuneyama Rakuen (4100 Oaza Takeo, Takeo-machi, Takeo, Saga Prefecture)
Admission: Art exhibition: junior high school students and older 700 yen, elementary school students 400 yen, preschool children free (sold on site only; garden not included). Combination tickets with “Rakan-no-Yu” require reservations, have limited capacity and cannot be used by junior high school students and younger
Official website: https://www.teamlab.art/jp/e/mifuneyamarakuen-sauna/

teamLab Gallery Matama Coast (Bungotakada, Oita)

A permanent gallery that opened on March 21, 2015, showing the work “Flowers and People, Cannot be Controlled but Live Together.” With flowers found on the Kunisaki Peninsula as its motif, a year of the peninsula’s flowers changes over the course of an hour. When people approach or touch them, the flowers change.

Opened: March 21, 2015 (permanent)
Hours: 13:00–19:00 from March to October, 13:00–18:00 from November to February
Closed: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
Address: 4467-3 Usuno, Bungotakada, Oita Prefecture
Admission: General (university students and older) 420 yen, elementary, junior high and high school students 270 yen, preschool children free
Official website: https://www.teamlab.art/jp/e/flowers_bungotakada/

teamLab Future Park Okinawa (Naha, T Galleria Okinawa)

A permanent exhibition that opened on the 3rd floor of T Galleria Okinawa on December 15, 2023. Works include “Sketch Aquarium, Connected to the World,” where fish drawn on paper start to swim, and “Light Ball Orchestra,” where rolling balls of light change the colors and sounds of the space. Children of elementary school age and younger must be accompanied by a guardian aged 20 or over, and visitors in high heels or sandals cannot enter.

Opened: December 15, 2023 (permanent)
Hours: 10:00–20:00 (last entry 19:00)
Closed: Third Thursday of each month
Venue: T Galleria Okinawa 3F (4-1 Omoromachi, Naha, Okinawa Prefecture)
Access: Adjacent to Omoromachi Station on the Yui Rail
Admission: Adults (18 and over) 2,000 yen, junior high and high school students 1,400 yen, ages 4–12 1,200 yen, 3 and under free
Official website: https://www.teamlab.art/jp/e/futurepark-okinawa/

How to buy tickets and conditions for accompanying children

On-site sales and conditions for accompanying children differ by venue. The main points to note are as follows.

• On-site sales: teamLab Planets does not sell tickets on site. Borderless, Biovortex Kyoto and Botanical Garden Osaka sell tickets on site, but at higher prices than online. The Fukuoka Castle Ruins Light Festival does not sell same-day tickets on days when advance tickets have sold out.

• Accompanying children: At Planets, children under 13 must be accompanied by a guardian aged 18 or over, with up to three children per adult (including children admitted free). Biovortex Kyoto and Botanical Garden Osaka also require one adult for every three children.

• Photography: Planets, Borderless, Biovortex Kyoto, Botanical Garden Osaka, the Fukuoka Castle ruins and others allow photos and videos. At all of them, flash, tripods, selfie sticks and the like cannot be used.

Frequently asked questions

Are there time limits or re-entry?

At Borderless, Biovortex Kyoto and Botanical Garden Osaka, there is no limit on how long you can stay after entering. Re-entry is not possible at Borderless, Botanical Garden Osaka and the Fukuoka Castle Ruins Light Festival. At the meadow in Higashiosaka, café stays are limited to a maximum of 90 minutes when the café is full.

Can I enjoy them on rainy days?

Outdoor exhibitions are affected by the weather. The Fukuoka Castle Ruins Light Festival and Botanical Garden Osaka may be canceled or suspended when warnings or the like are issued. Some works are not shown in strong wind or rain.

Until when is teamLab Planets open?

According to the official website, it is scheduled to operate until the end of 2027. Tickets are sold online only.

*Information as of October 19, 2026. Please check the official websites for the latest information.

*Top image: From a press release by teamLab Inc.

*This article was compiled by the TOKYO ART SPHERE editorial team based on official announcements by each organizer and venue (as of October 19, 2026).

Text: TOKYO ART SPHERE Editorial Team