teamLab Planets Tokyo: tickets, prices, what to wear and Borderless compared

adult ticket from ($24), with a price that changes by date, sold online only

¥3,800

daily hours, last entry one hour before closing

8:00 to 22:00

the closing date announced by teamLab for the Toyosu museum

End of 2027

teamLab Planets is the digital art museum in Toyosu, Tokyo, where you walk barefoot through knee-deep water and rooms of light. Adult tickets start at ¥3,800 ($24), are sold online only, and the museum opens 8:00 to 22:00 until its announced closing at the end of 2027, according to teamLab's official site, checked on 14 November 2026. Plan about two hours inside, and compare it below with teamLab Borderless at Azabudai Hills if you only have time for one.

teamLab Planets tickets

The Planets ticket is the one to book first, then the teamLab museums of Kyoto and Osaka if your trip continues west.

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teamLab Planets ticket prices in 2026

Planets uses dynamic pricing: the adult price moves with the date and the time slot, and teamLab only publishes the starting price, not a ceiling. The other prices are fixed:

Three rules catch visitors out. First, there are no tickets at the door: the official FAQ says tickets are not sold on site, so a walk-up visit is not possible. Second, tickets bought on the official ticket store cannot be cancelled or refunded, but you can change the date or time up to three times, until two hours before your slot. A 10:00 ticket can be moved until 8:00 the same morning. Third, resold tickets are refused at the entrance. The QR code arrives by email two days before the visit and shows on screen from midnight on the day.

Tickets bought through a reseller such as GetYourGuide follow the reseller's own terms, which is why the card above states its cancellation policy. Either way, book as soon as your Tokyo dates are fixed. Our Japan itinerary lists the other timed tickets of a first trip and when each one goes on sale.

teamLab Planets opening hours, closed days and closing date

The museum opens every day from 8:00 to 22:00, with last entry one hour before closing. Over New Year, from 31 December to 2 January, it closes early at 20:00. teamLab announces a few maintenance days each season. The next ones are:

The bigger date is the last one. Planets opened on 7 July 2018 as a temporary museum on a plot of land in Toyosu, and teamLab gives its run as until the end of 2027, with no precise day. On 14 November 2026 no extension had been announced. If Planets is on your list, a trip in 2027 is the last chance, and the final months are likely to be the busiest.

The ticket time is your entry slot, not the length of your visit. Arriving late is allowed on the same day while the museum is open, after a word with the staff. The museum shop is open 8:30 to 22:00, and the Ramen UZU counter (10:30 to 21:30) can only be reached after you enter.

What to wear to teamLab Planets: water, mirror floors and lockers

You take off your shoes and socks at the start and stay barefoot for the whole visit. In the water works it comes up to knee height on an adult, so wear trousers that roll up above the knee, or shorts. The water is treated with chlorine and is not for swimming. If your trousers will not roll up, the museum lends shorts free of charge, in sizes XS to 6L, which you hand back on the way out.

Several rooms have mirror floors, which is the reason behind the skirt question. teamLab lends wrap skirts and shorts free of charge for these rooms, so a dress is fine as long as you take one. A pair of shorts under a skirt solves it before you arrive.

• Lockers are free, 23 × 34 × 37 cm, enough for a day bag and a coat. Nothing can be carried into the works except your phone.
• Larger suitcases go in the stroller area, locked with a cable. Do not come straight from the airport with two big cases.
• If your clothes get soaked, staff will ask you to change. Towels are for rent, and spare clothes for small children are a good idea.
• Photos and videos are allowed without flash. Selfie sticks and tripods of 30 cm or more are not, and there is no food, drink or re-entry.

How long teamLab Planets takes, with kids and strollers

There is no official visit time, but about two hours is what most visitors report, with a one-way route through the water rooms, the giant soft room, the spheres of light and the moss garden outside. At busy times you can queue 30 to 90 minutes at the entrance even with a timed ticket, so the first slot of the morning is the calmest choice.

Children under 13 must come with an adult, and one adult can bring no more than three children, free tickets included. Strollers stay at the entrance, while a baby carrier worn on the front is allowed. A child whose inside leg is under 40 cm cannot enter the deep-water works unless carried, and staff show families a bypass route. Pregnant visitors are kept out of some areas. Wheelchair users switch to a museum wheelchair, or put covers on their tyres. The moss garden stays open in light rain but closes when a typhoon comes.

How to get to teamLab Planets: Shin-Toyosu station

The museum is at 6-1-16 Toyosu, Koto-ku, on the man-made islands of Tokyo Bay. The closest station is Shin-Toyosu on the Yurikamome line, a 3-minute walk from exit 1A. Shijo-mae station, one stop away at Toyosu Market, is 5 minutes on foot, and Toyosu station on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho line is 10 minutes from exit 7. A taxi from Tokyo Station takes about 15 minutes. There is no car park for visitors.

From Ginza or Ikebukuro, the simplest route is the Yurakucho line straight to Toyosu, then the walk. From Shimbashi, the driverless Yurikamome runs over the bay and Odaiba before reaching Shin-Toyosu. Both lines take an IC card, so the Suica or Pasmo card covers the trip without buying tickets.

teamLab Planets vs teamLab Borderless: which one to choose

teamLab Borderless reopened on 9 February 2024 in the basement of Azabudai Hills, between Roppongi and Toranomon, after its first museum in Odaiba closed in 2022. Unlike Planets, it is a permanent museum. Its idea is the opposite of Planets: there is no map and no set route, and the artworks move out of their rooms, mix with each other and follow you down the corridors.

Borderless has its own calendar. It is closed on Tuesday 24 November and Tuesday 8 December 2026, then on 13 and 19 January 2027, and it closes at 17:00 on 26 January. Over 26 to 30 December it stays open until 22:00. The Flexible Pass, with no set time, costs ¥12,000 ($75), and the disability ticket ¥1,700 ($11).

Which one to pick? Planets first if you see only one: it closes in 2027, the water rooms are unique, and the short route suits a tight day. Choose Borderless if you dislike getting wet, travel with a toddler, or want a place to wander for two or three hours. It also pairs well with an evening in Roppongi. Doing both on the same trip works, on two different days, and our guide to things to do in Tokyo places each one in its neighbourhood.

Other teamLab museums in Japan in 2026

Outside Tokyo, teamLab runs three permanent sites that are open to every visitor, each with its own prices:

Biovortex is the big one, a 7-minute walk from the Hachijo east exit of Kyoto Station, with prices close to Planets (¥1,800 for children 4 to 12) and 1.3 million visitors in its first year. It is easy to add to a day from our Kyoto guide. The Osaka garden is a night walk through the real Nagai Botanical Garden, open 18:00 to 21:30 from 9 November 2026 to 31 January 2027 and closed on 14 December, and it fits an evening of our things to do in Osaka. teamLab Forest sits next to the baseball stadium in Fukuoka and sells tickets on site when the day is not full.

Around teamLab Planets: Toyosu Market and Odaiba

Toyosu Market, the wholesale fish market that replaced Tsukiji in 2018, is one stop away at Shijo-mae, or 5 minutes on foot. The tuna auction starts around 5:30 and is watched from a gallery above the floor, so a dawn auction, a sushi breakfast and the first Planets slot make one easy morning. The market is closed on Sundays, public holidays and some weekdays. Our page on Tsukiji and Toyosu fish markets has the calendar and how to see the auction.

In the other direction, the Yurikamome continues to Odaiba, with the Rainbow Bridge, the waterfront and the life-size Gundam at DiverCity. An afternoon at Planets followed by sunset on the Odaiba seafront is a classic bay day.