One of the first things Mr Mumtravellife wanted to do when we visited Tokyo was to visit Teamlabs Planets. If you’re not familiar, Teamlabs Planets is a digital, immersive art gallery space and a huge tourist attraction.

All of your senses are simulated here, from walking through water to bouncing around enormous balls. It stimulates all of your senses, and is a beautiful and moving experience. Its interactive nature also means that it’s a tonne of fun for kids!

This is definitely a good choice if you want to appeal to the whole family – it has an artsy/cultural feel but also at times feels like a children’s playground!

How To Book Tickets For Teamlabs Planets Tokyo

You can (technically) book your tickets for Teamlabs Planets Tokyo directly through the Teamlabs website, but when we tried this we found it really tricky. Firstly because of the language barrier (the Google translate button will only take you so far) and secondly because the Japanese payment system wouldn’t accept our UK credit or debit cards.

In the end we booked our tickets via Klook. This was much easier, and you can book your tickets up to 3 months in advance here. The Klook website also has access to exclusive early morning time slots: we arrived at 9.30, making us the 2nd group to enter the building and I would REALLY recommend getting there as early as you can. The longer we were there, the busier (and more chaotic) it got.

We paid £22.49 per adult and £10.79 per child (this applies to childen under 12) for our tickets. There is also a reduced rate available for children aged between 12-17.

You can book these tickets here, and if you use my affiliate code THATMUMTRAVEL5KLOOK then you will get an extra 5% off the numbers quoted above.

Klook do sell more expensive tickets than the ones listed above which include transfers from Ginza. If you’re already using the subway in Tokyo YOU DON’T NEED THESE! Teamlabs Borderless is right next to Kamiyacho station, less than a 5 minute walk away.

In fact you can see the Teamlabs building from the train window, so you’ll know exactly where you’re walking. Just buy the standard entrance tickets and save your money.

Things To Do In Teamlabs Planets In Tokyo

When you enter Teamlabs Planets you follow a set route around the gallery, which takes you from zone to zone. But you can spend as long as you like in each zone, so there’s no rush (with the exception of the living art flower gallery at the very end. This was so popular when we visited that they put time slots in place for how long you could be in the gallery for).

The galleries that are included in the teamlabs experience include the ‘infinite crystal universe’ (effectively huge curtains of lights reflected against mirrors that you can walk through, and the drawing in water pool. This one saw koi carps projected onto water, turning the water into the canvas. As you walk through the water the images change, and your movement makes the art unpredictable and different.

The boys loved the 3 dimensonal existence gallery: huge bouncing balls that filled an enormous space and that you could bounce, throw, and move as lights constantly changed their colours, and changed the mood of the space.

I loved the ‘floating in the falling universe of flowers’ where you could lie on the floor of a mirrored room and watch flowers fall, spin, and project all around you. Its a dark and atmospheric space with loud music, and I loved the sensation of lying in this room.

Finally, the garden area (the area with timed entry) is a space where real flowers move and seemingly bloom in mid air. The flowers float, drop, and draw you into a garden of light.

Top Tips For Teamlabs Planets In Tokyo

• Wear shorts or a skirt. If it’s not shorts weather then bring a pair with you! You’ll be wading through calf high water (knee high on smaller children) and this will be uncomfortable/near impossible in jeans or long trousers.
  
• Pack a change of clothes for small children. Between falling over, throwing water at each other, and generally having a good time, my boys came out absolutely soaked!
  
• Use the toilet before you go in. It will take between 1.5 hours and 2 hours to explore all the art installations, and the only toilets are in the locker room where you leave your socks and bags before you go in. So go to the loo first. We learnt this one the hard way!
  
• Don’t forget your phone. I know we all carry our phones everywhere, but worth noting that everything except youAll About Mer phone has to be left in the lockers outside the installations, so make sure you have your phone to hand.

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