One of the most epic places I visited in the city of Tokyo in 2018 was the Mori Building Digital Art Museum teamLab Borderless located in Odaiba. This is not an ordinary museum; it is an epic, digital, and colorful place that impresses anyone, even those who do not like museums. In this article, I want to share my epic experience in this museum and recommend it to everyone!
This museum is perfect for a romantic date for couples, children, and people of all ages. Here you embark on a universe full of colors created through technology using mirrors, LEDs, spotlights, 3D cameras, augmented reality, and many other combinations of technology that create a show of lights and colors accompanied by an epic soundtrack.
Besides the museum being large, the digital artworks are always in constant change in real-time, which requires spending the whole day or making more than one visit to appreciate the entire museum. There are more than 50 artworks, and some even interact with the public.
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What can you find at the Mori Building Digital Art Museum?
At the Mori Building Digital Art Museum, you can find various areas and exhibitions such as:
- Borderless World;
- Forest of Lamps;
- En Tea House;
- Athletics Forest;
- Future Park;
Although the website divides the museum into these 5 areas, only the Borderless World consists of numerous exhibitions. You enter and encounter a place full of mirrors and animations, colorful arts and images moving across the floor and walls along with effects created by mirrors in strategic locations. In addition, you come across frames of artworks.
Moving a little further, you find a room with a slightly elevated floor and a waterfall descending in the middle of it. On the walls, you find ideograms falling, and if you touch them, they dissipate, thus creating an interaction with the visitors. If you move a little further, you find a room full of waves and puffs to lie down and relax.
Still on the first floor of the museum, you find a room full of LED strips creating fantastic animations accompanied by a fabulous soundtrack (it was one of my favorite rooms). You also find the infinity room, a place full of mirrors with characters and art creating a fantastic illusion of infinity along with a spotlight show.
On the first floor, you also find a forest full of lights and a place with exhibitions of ancient civilizations and animals. No matter which direction you walk, there will always be something to impress you. When you climb the stairs to the second floor, you can also find a magnificent forest full of traditional Japanese lamps that change colors.
On the second floor (via another path), you also find the Athletics Forest and Future Park, a place full of digital art that involves exercises and athletics. There you find giant balls, a slide, a children’s play area, and two climbing spots to test your skills.
On this floor, you can also color your art and transform it into something digital. Here you also find the En Tea House, where you can have tea along with a digital and interactive experience at your table. Remember that the museum exit is on the second floor, so save your visit to the Athletics Forest for after you have explored everything.
I had the chance to record the museum, and I made a video that I will leave below:
Mori Building Digital Art Museum and TeamLab Borderless
teamLab emerged in 2001 formed by various visual artists, professionals, animators, programmers, musicians, engineers, architects, and mathematicians in order to explore a new relationship between humans, nature, technology, and art. Borderless means without borders and is tied to the name of the Mori Building Digital Art Museum in Odaiba.
This permanent museum arose from a partnership between TeamLab Borderless and the urban developer Mori Building, responsible for creations such as ARK Hills, Roppongi Hills, and Toranomon Hills. There is a museum in Tokyo called Mori Museum, so be careful not to confuse the two.
In addition to the Mori Building Digital Art Museum, in Tokyo we have exhibitions from teamLab called teamLab Planets. You can also find one of their artworks at VenusFort located in Odaiba next to Pallet Town and also in the Ginza district at Ginza SIX. The best is always to check the teamLab website to see all their attractions and artworks.
In other countries, you can find some digital artwork from teamLab such as Massless in Helsinki, Finland. In Singapore, there was also an exhibition of a crystal tree at the end of 2018. In fact, there is another museum similar to Borderless. In Singapore, we have the FUTURE WORLD ArtScience Museum from teamLab.
How to access the Mori Building Digital Art Museum
Access to this museum is at Pallete Town in Odaiba after that car center. Do not try to follow Google Maps as it will not take you anywhere; just access Pallet Town (where the Ferris wheel is) and try to pass through the area full of cars until you reach the entrance of the Mori Building Digital Art Museum.
Preferably buy tickets online because the entries are limited. Unfortunately, the entrance for adults is a bit pricey, costing around 3200 yen, but it is definitely worth the investment. It is much better to go to the Mori Building Digital Art Museum than to pay 3,000 yen to go up the SkyTree and come down within an hour.
In my opinion, the Mori Building Digital Art Museum of TeamLab Borderless is one of the best attractions in Tokyo and Odaiba; you cannot visit Tokyo without going to this place. If you have already had the opportunity to experience these digital artworks, share your experience in the comments. Don’t forget to share and let your friends know about this epic place!
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