When teamLab Planets TOKYO DMM.com reopened its doors on January 20, 2025, Tokyo’s digital art landscape entered a bold new chapter. The immersive museum in Toyosu expanded its footprint by approximately 1.5×, unveiling more than 20 newly commissioned interactive works that blur the boundaries between art, learning, and play.
The redesigned venue introduces three main themed zones: an Athletics Forest where visitors use movement and spatial reasoning in creatively designed obstacle installations; a Catching and Collecting Extinct Forest, in which participants use a companion smartphone app to “capture,” observe, and catalogue around 80 extinct species of flora and fauna; and a third zone—Learn! Future Park— that centers on shared creative expression through co‑created artworks and hands-on installations.
Athletics Forest offers kinetic art installations such as the fast‑spinning “Caterpillar House Jump Sphere,” which bursts into digital caterpillars and butterflies underfoot, and the aerial balancing rods of “Colorful Climbing,” which change tone and lighting in real‑time as people move among them. Other works like “Invisible Balance Stones” play with perception and timing, while the multi‑jump installations spawn glowing star shapes that evolve with each leap. All provoke a visceral, physical engagement that redefines museum interaction.
In the digital forest, mobile app users peer through their camera to spot virtual extinct animals scattered across the installation. Launching a digital “observation arrow” captures the creature into a virtual encyclopedia, which grows richer with repeated encounters. Visitors can trap animals using net simulations on the floor, collaborate to populate scenes, and track evolving species data—a playful yet educational experience.
Future Park transforms drawing into dynamism. Visitors, especially children, enjoy drawing on paper that is immediately digitized into the exhibition. Creatures, vehicles, and floral sketches come to life in motion within large-scale projections. The area also includes the newly added Sketch Factory, where drawings can be printed live onto custom merchandise—pin badges, tote bags, T-shirts, and paper crafts—providing a memorable souvenir of one’s creative footprint.
This renovation also enriches previously existing areas, complementing the expansion without increasing admission fees. Families and tourists find indoor practicality in amenities such as luggage lockers, daylight-controlled climate, and accessible equipment rentals. Vegan food offerings, artwork-themed refreshments, and shuttle bus links from nearby Ginza and Shin-Toyosu tations enhance convenience and visitor experience.
Since its debut in 2018, teamLab Planets has broken records as the most visited single-installer art museum globally. The 2025 expansion reinforces its status as a landmark attraction where technology, education, and sensory immersion unite. With generation-transcending appeal—from first-time visitors to digital natives—the new area is a testament to teamLab’s inventive blend of experiential innovation and inclusive entertainment.
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