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TeamLab Borderless Museum


teamLab Borderless is an art museum, located in the Palette Town area of Tokyo, Japan. We did purchase tickets in advance, but you did seem to be able to purchase them day of, and enter the museum with a group. They would let a certain amount in, at different times, so as to make sure the crowds inside were not too many. Inside the museum, there was a seperate exhibit that had a different ticket, which was a tea-drinking experience. Here, you would pick a tea of your choice from a menu, and then be seated at a long table wrapped in a black cloth. Depending on what tea you chose, a flower would then be projected on your bowl, and grow until you lifted it up to take a sip. When the bowl was put down again, a new flower would begin to bud.


We spent most of our day here, and really enjoyed all the exhibits. There was one I didn't take pictures of, that was more like a movie. You were brought into a room and would carefully walk over a rope circle, to find a spot and then lay down. The ropes you laid on were suspended above the ground, and then a light show plays around you. teamLab has a page with a video, showing what part of it is like, and I recommend checking it out. Their site also has videos of some of the other exhibits too! I've added a video of the Black Wave exhibit below, as it was one of my favorite ones to experience. The center of the room had a pile of bean bags, and people used the room to sit and relax from all the visual stimulation elsewhere in the museum. I would honestly love to have a room in my house dedicated to something like this.



The view through the front of the train on the way to the Digital Art Museum. A view of the bay in Tokyo, Japan. A fountain in the plaza outside the Digital Art Museum area. A map of the Palette Town area where the Museum is. A holiday tree outside of a shopping area in Palette Town. A sign near the entrance of the Digital Art Museum. Instructions before entering the digital art museum. A hallway in the "Forest of Flowers and People" exhibit. People take pictures along a hallway in the "Forest of Flowers and People" exhibit. Rooms along a hallway in the "Forest of Flowers and People" exhibit. A hallway through the "Forest of Flowers and People" exhibit. People walk through the "Forest of Flowers and People". A stark black and white display inside one of the rooms within the "Forest of Flowers and People" exhibit. A man checks his phone while decorated with digital flowers. An empty corner of the "Forest of Flowers and People" exhibit. John walks down a hallway in the "Forest of Flowers and People" exhibit. A sign giving instructions for the "Flutter of Butterflies" exhibit. A sign explaining the Butterfly exhibit. Harmonie watches the butterflies on her shirt in the "Flutter of Butterflies" exhibit. A view of the "Light Vortex" exhibit. The reflection of the floor in the "Light Vortex" exhibit. Lights changing color in the "Light Vortex" exhibit. A reflection of lights in motion in the "Light Vortex" exhibit. John walks down a hallway between exhibits. Part of the "Athletic Forest" which is showing the "Graffiti Nature" exhibit. People lining up for the "Multi Jumping Universe" exhibit. A digital whale cruises through the "Graffiti Nature" area. People walk through a part of the "Memory of Topography" exhibit. A view of leaves flowing through the "Memory of Topography" exhibit. Dragonflies dart through the "Memory of Topography" exhibit. Lights on pads in the "Memory of Topography" exhibit. People in the "Memory of Topography" exhibit. Resting in the "Black Wave" exhibit on beanbag chairs. Me, in the "Black Waves" exhibit. People walking through the "Wander through the Crystal World" exhibit. John in the "wander through the Crystal World" exhibit. Lights changing in the "Wander through the Crystal World" exhibit. People walk through an area of the "Wander through the Crystal World" exhibit. A dark patch in the "Wander through the Crystal World" exhibit. The room fills with even white light in the "Wander through the Crystal World" exhibit. A woman added effects to the "Wander through the Crystal World" exhibit through the phone app. A kiosk allowing visitors to add or trigger certain light and sound effects in the "Wander through the Crystal World" exhibit. People walking through an area of the "Wander through the Crystal World" exhibit. An upwards look of the light strands in the "Wander through the Crystal World" exhibit. A view of the reflection of the floor in the "Wonder through the Crystal World" exhibit. Blue lights signify a rain effect in the "Wander through the Crystal World" exhibit. John looks up at the lights in the "Wander through the Crystal World" exhibit. Purple light effects in the "Wander through the Crystal World" exhibit. A reflection of the floor in the "Wander through the Crystal World" exhibit. People take pictures in the "Universe of Water Particles on a Rock where People Gather" exhibit. People interact with the art on the walls in one area of the Digital Art Museum. People interact with the "Universe of Water Particles on a Rock where People Gather" exhibit. A hallway lit by wandering fireflies in the Digital Art Museum. A wall of ghostly bamboo along a hallway. A wall displaying "Impermanent Life, at the Confluence of Spacetime New Space and Time is Born". A view of the "Inverted Globe, Giant Connecting Block Town" exhibit. A path between the rows in the "Light Forest Three-Dimensional Bouldering" exhibit. People drawing sketches to be put into the Holiday exhibit. A "Stand with Hong Kong" van. Harmonie's Catbug-themed van. John's truck, with 'NO OBJECT, NO FORM, NO RELIEF, NO SALVATION.' written across the side (A reference to a video game discussing the work of James Turrell). The catbug van on the wall. John's van speeding off. Santas fly along the walls in an interactive holiday sketch exhibit. Ghosts dance and play music in the "Peace can be Realized Even without Order" exhibit. John's shoes match the cherry blossoms in one of the hallways of the Digital Art Museum. People wander through the "Graffiti Nature" exhibit. A view of the "Weightless Forest of Resonating Life" exhibit. People inside the "Weightless Forest of Resonating Life" exhibit. A sign for the En Tea house. A sign showing goats helping to make the tea. A sign showing tea in a field. A sign showing tea being harvested. A sign showing the process of curing tea leaves. A sign showing finished tea in a basket. A sign in the tea exhibit explains the process. A bowl of tea with a purple digital flower. A lighted display in the "En Tea House" exhibit. John moves his tea and makes petals float up the wall. A bowl of tea with flowers in the "En Tea House" exhibit. Harmonie, drinking some of her tea. Ghosts make music in the "Peace can be realized without Order" exhibit. A sign for one of the exhibits. Colors change in the "Forest of Lamps" exhibit. Colors change in the "Forest of Lamps" exhibit. People move through the "Forest of Lamps" exhibit. John wanders through the "Forest of Lamps" exhibit. People take photos while passing through the "Forest of Lamps" exhibit. Lights begin to shift in the "Forest of Lamps" exhibit. John talks to an employee as we find our way through the "Forest of Flowers and People". A quote on a pillar, leaving the museum. The first Wendy's opened up in Japan, just outside the Digital Art Museum.