Immerse yourself in dizzying digital art at teamLab Borderless in Azabudai Hills, a new shopping complex in Tokyo.
Blood-red flowers bloom on the walls of a room in teamLab Borderless - image © Florentyna Leow
Thanks to social media, many visitors to Japan now have a teamLab exhibition on their bucket list. It’s easy to see why: the dizzyingly colourful interactive artworks by this digital art collective were practically made to be filmed and photographed, and make ideal Instagram eye candy. You can check availability and buy tickets on Klook.
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At the top of the first-time visitor’s bucket list in 2024 is the new teamLab Borderless in Azabudai Hills, a recently-opened shopping complex in Tokyo. Located in the basement of Azabudai Hills, the new Borderless museum replaces the previous facility in Odaiba, recreating many of the installations that first captivated visitors.
From humanoid frogs marching on the walls between rooms to infinity rooms filled with glittering globes and thousands of LED-encrusted plastic strands, there’s much for the visitor to see and photograph. According to teamLab, there are dozens of artworks here that constantly shift and change in response to people moving through the museum space. Our walkthrough shows you some of the highlights.
Dozens of visitors appear in the mirrors lining this infinity room - image © Florentyna Leow
Where To Get teamLab Borderless Tickets
The teamLab Borderless museum is wildly popular with tourists and locals alike, so it’s best to purchase tickets in advance. You can purchase them from Klook, and have the tickets on your smartphone. Pricing for museum tickets is dynamic depending on when you visit, and sometimes you can book them for less than the official price. We purchased ours for ¥3200 per person, a slight discount on the official ticket price of ¥3800 and upwards. When you arrive, have your QR codes ready at the entrance.
A sandwich board helpfully spells out the ticket situation on the day - image © Florentyna Leow
Things To Know Before You Go to teamLab Borderless
- At present, there are two teamLab exhibits in Tokyo; teamLab Borderless is in Azabudai Hills while teamLab Planets is in Toyosu. Don’t mix them up. (You can also buy tickets for the teamLab Planets exhibition online).
- Book timed tickets up to two months ahead. A limited number of tickets are available for each time slot.
- Skirts aren’t advisable in the mirrored rooms, for obvious reasons. If necessary, you can borrow a wrap-around skirt for free before entering these rooms.
- There’s a locker at the entrance where you can stash any bags you don’t want to carry with you. Strollers also aren’t allowed inside.
- Photographs and videos are highly encouraged; however, auxiliary equipment like tripods and selfie sticks are not.
Inside “Flowers and People, Cannot be Controlled but Live Together – A Whole Year per Hour” - image © Florentyna Leow
Inside teamLab Borderless
After a short introductory video subtitled in multiple languages, you enter a room with tall partitions covered with moving projections of flowers. This artwork is titled “Flowers and People, Cannot be Controlled but Live Together – A Whole Year per Hour.” However, you’d only know this by looking at their app or on their website, as nothing in the museum is captioned.
This room marks the beginning of ‘Borderless World,’ the main section of the museum. As the name suggests, there are no borders between the art. Some of the digitally-projected artworks even move between rooms. There’s no right or wrong way to explore the museum, either; you’re supposed to wander and get lost.
This space is perfect for kids who need to expend some energy running around - image © Florentyna Leow
The next room you’re likely to encounter is “Universe of Water Particles on a Rock where People Gather” — or “Moving Creates Vortices and Vortices Create Movement,” depending on what’s being projected at that time. It’s a large open space with a raised rock-shaped platform at the far end of the room. This is a great space for kids to play in — you’ll see many young children climbing up and sliding down the “rocks.”
One has to wonder where these frogs are headed to - image © Florentyna Leow
As you wander along one of the corridors, you’re likely to see a parade of frogs slowly marching along the walls. This is “Walk, Walk, Walk: Search, Deviate, Reunite,” one of the artworks that move freely between rooms. They often collide with the digital butterfly artwork (“Butterflies Falling and Dissolving into the World”) and crows flying between rooms (“Crows are Chased and the Chasing Crows are Destined to be Chased as well”). Yes, the titles of these artworks are quite a mouthful.
This is a good place to have a self-portrait taken… if you can avoid getting everyone else in the shot - image © Florentyna Leow
“Bubble Universe / Microcosmoses” is essentially an infinity room full of dangling light-filled globes. Mathematicians and computer scientists might appreciate the algorithmic pattern that governs the way the lights ripple throughout the room. (It’s written on one of the only signboards in the teamLab museum, next to the entrance to Bubble Universe.) You’re technically given three minutes to enjoy the room, but the staff aren’t strict about enforcing this.
The colours here range from white and pink to blue, green and purple - image © Florentyna Leow
“Infinite Crystal World” is another infinity room full of thousands of strands of shimmering LED lights. It’s quite fun watching them change colour to the music.
Is this mass hypnosis? - image © Florentyna Leow
The “Light Sculpture” room has hundreds of swivelling light beams creating colourful fractal, vortex-like patterns. You could stand here for quite a while staring at the pretty lights. If only more clubs had lighting like this.
Charming, childish drawings bob in the waters on the wall - image © Florentyna Leow
“Sketch Ocean” is probably the most interactive part of teamLab Borderless, and extremely child-friendly to boot. Any fish you colour or draw on a piece of paper — supplied by staff in a small room — will be scanned and projected onto the wall, so you can see your artwork swimming on a wall.
EN Tea House puts the “EN” in “entertaining” - image © Florentyna Leow
You’ll encounter a queue of people towards the “back” of the museum during your explorations. They’re most likely waiting to enter EN Tea House, a cafe where the drinks are also part of the digital artworks. Essentially, digital flowers bloom in your cup when it’s placed on the table, and the type of flower even varies depending on what you ordered.
This is “Black Waves: Frozen Transparency” — probably - image © Florentyna Leow
There are more artworks beyond the ones we’ve mentioned, but we wouldn’t want to spoil the entire museum experience. The artworks change as you interact with them, anyway, so you’re unlikely to see the exact same thing twice. Don’t forget to bring your camera or smartphone to this museum, as recording your journey here is arguably a crucial part of the teamLab experience.
This one is probably “Butterflies Falling and Dissolving into the World” - image © Florentyna Leow
When To Visit
TeamLab Borderless is one of Tokyo’s most popular tourist attractions, and tickets are more likely to be sold out on the day than not, whether or not it’s a weekend. It's best to book your tickets in advance. Make sure you check the official website for the current schedule, as well as any upcoming closures.
teamlab Planets in Toyosu, Tokyo
As well as teamlab Borderless, there is a sister museum called teamlab Planets, located in Toyosu in Tokyo's Obaida district. It's a completely different experience to Borderless, mainly as you're barefoot throughout your time within the exhibition. See our full walkthrough review of teamlab Planets.
Osaka teamLab Botanical Garden
If you're interested in even more teamLab experiences, see our in-depth review of the teamLab Botanical Garden in Osaka on our sister website InsideOsaka.com.
The entrance to the museum is pretty hard to miss - image © Florentyna Leow
How to Get to teamLab Borderless in Azabudai Hills
English name:
teamLab Borderless: MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM
English address:
B1, Azabudai Hills Garden Plaza B, 1-2-4 Azabudai, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Japanese address:
東京都港区麻布台1-2-4 麻布台ヒルズ ガーデンプラザB B1
Opening hours:
April and May: 10am-9pm
June: 9am-9pm (Closes at 5pm on 14 and 28 May, and 11 and 25 June)
Closed: 23 April, 7 May, 21 May, 4 June, 18 June
Check the official website for future closures.
Admission:
From ¥3,800 for adults. Pricing is dynamic.
Nearest Transport:
A 4-minute walk from Exit 5 of Kamiyacho Station (Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line)
A 4-minute walk from Exit 2 of Roppongi-Itchome Station (Tokyo Metro Namboku Line)
Nearest Hotels:
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Telephone:
03-6230-9666
Website:
Official website
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teamLab Borderless Azabudai Hills is located in Tokyo's Shimbashi, Shiodome, Hamamatsucho and Shinagawa district. See our complete list of things to do in Shimbashi, Shiodome, Hamamatsucho and Shinagawa, including places to eat, nightlife and places to stay.

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