8List.ph
  • News
    • Showbiz
    • Opinion
    • Sports
    • Profiles
    • Weird
  • Adulting
    • Career
    • Money
    • Health
    • School & Learning
    • Relationships
  • Pop
    • Movies & TV
    • Music
    • Books
    • Games
    • Theater
    • Retro
    • K-World
  • Lifestyle
    • Style
    • Beauty
    • Food & Drink
    • Nest
    • Tech
    • Travel
    • Pinoy
  • Videos
    • 8List Asks
    • Pagsubeks
    • Kaya Today!
    • Archives
      • 8list Plays
      • 8List Explores
      • 8List Presents
      • 88 Seconds
      • 8secs
      • Filgood
      • Isabuhay Ang Panata
      • #8MinutesWith
      • YOUth DECIDE
      • Str8 Up with Delamar
      • Toughest Job 2016
  • H8 Mondays
  • Breathe
  • About
  • Sitemap
  • Advertise
  • Privacy
  • Archive
  • Bitesized.ph
  • Windowseat.ph

 

 

 

8List.ph is published by ID8, Inc.

Subscribe
8List.ph
8List.ph
  • News
    • Showbiz
    • Opinion
    • Sports
    • Profiles
    • Weird
  • Adulting
    • Career
    • Money
    • Health
    • School & Learning
    • Relationships
  • Pop
    • Movies & TV
    • Music
    • Books
    • Games
    • Theater
    • Retro
    • K-World
  • Lifestyle
    • Style
    • Beauty
    • Food & Drink
    • Nest
    • Tech
    • Travel
    • Pinoy
  • Videos
    • 8List Asks
    • Pagsubeks
    • Kaya Today!
    • Archives
      • 8list Plays
      • 8List Explores
      • 8List Presents
      • 88 Seconds
      • 8secs
      • Filgood
      • Isabuhay Ang Panata
      • #8MinutesWith
      • YOUth DECIDE
      • Str8 Up with Delamar
      • Toughest Job 2016
  • H8 Mondays
  • Breathe
  • Pop

Take a Peek at Tokyo’s Immersive teamLab Planets

  • Posted on Dec 6, 2018Feb 7, 2019
  • 4 minute read
  • Kyzia Maramara
Total
1
Shares
1
0
1

The megacity that is Tokyo, Japan never ceases to amaze – from the energy of a city that’s full of people and food that’s unlike anything, to the amazing gardens and the innovative toilets. People are everywhere, milling about the intimidating Shibuya crossing, crowding subways, and even hanging out in the streets after work. But these aren’t all Tokyo has to offer. For a country that’s categorized as part of the First World, everything in the big city will be quite an experience.

teamLab Planets comes right after the fame of teamLab Borderless, both interactive art museums in Tokyo that will pull you into a different world of projections, lights, and experiences. While both museums are definitely must-visits and should be added to your itinerary, teamLab Planets has something extra to offer you shouldn’t miss.

Planning to go soon? Here are the things you should take note of:

Prepare to leave your shoes (and pants) behind

Via YouTube: teamLab

The major difference between teamLab Planets and teamLab Borderless is with Planets, you’ll be walking in knee deep water in one room. This is why you have to remove your shoes before the tour even starts. You will be provided lockers to stow your belongings and shorts you can rent for free if you’re wearing pants or a skirt.

To the ladies wearing skirts, it’s important to note that some of the rooms have mirrored floors, you’re better off wearing the rental shorts to protect your modesty. This is something you’ll love about the Japanese people, they take into consideration everything that might happen!

 

Soft Black Hole

The first room you will enter is the Soft Black Hole, an installation that serves to remind visitors that, on a deeper level, everything you do affects other people. This room is a huge space where the ground is soft and every step makes your feet sink. The ground is affected by the weight of all the people moving, you change the space and by extension the people walking on the surface.

It’s quite a feat to get to the other side of the room, especially when you’re trying to avoid all the lovers scattered lying and embracing each other.

 


Infinite Crystal Universe

Thousands of small colorful LED lights bombard your senses when you enter the room of the Infinite Crystal Universe. It’s overwhelming at first – the thousands of LED strips hanging from the ceiling reflect on the mirrored floor making everything actually look infinite. Navigate slowly through the room and use the teamLab app on your phone to interact and change the light elements!

 

Drawing on the Water Surface Created by the Dance of Koi and People

This is probably the most-awaited room by visitors, and the most interactive too! Prepare to walk in knee-deep milky water with projected colorful koi. The projection is neither on loop nor prerecorded, every movement is unique; every pattern is only repeated once and is rendered in real time by a computer program. The movement of the koi is influenced by other people, wade through one and it bursts into flowers!

 


Expanding Three-Dimensional Existence in Transforming Space

Huge floating spheres greet you in this room, their color varying in shades of blue, red, pink, orange, yellow, etc. You can actually push these huge colorful spheres around and when you do, the spheres receive a shock and change color, the color change travels around the room.

 


Floating in the Universe of Flowers

Entering this room feels as if you’re walking in outer space but instead of stars floating in front of you, you see different kinds of colorful flowers. The flowers bud, grow, bloom, and wither and you can watch at the center of it all. You can sit or lie down, relax your body and eventually you’ll feel as if you’re one with the art.

 


You can interact with these installations using an app on your phone

Via GooglePlay

Download the teamLab app and you can manipulate the light installations to your liking. In the Infinite Crystal Universe, you can choose light patterns you want to see. In the Universe of Flowers, you can release butterflies to the room by swiping them out of your phone. How cool is that?!

 

teamLab Planets will only be in Tokyo until autumn 2020

If you’re visiting Tokyo and you’re not sure if this is worth a visit, maybe knowing that the installation will only be there until autumn of 2020 will help you decide. Regardless, you definitely should add teamLab Planets to your Tokyo itinerary.

Weekday passes for adults is JPY 2,700 and JPY 800 for children, weekend passes are JPY 3,200 for adults and JPY 800 for children.

IMAGES VIA TEAMLAB PLANETS

Got anything else to add? Share it with us below!


Total
2
Shares
1
0
1
Related Topics
  • japan
  • teamLab Borderless
  • teamLab Planets
  • Tokyo
Avatar photo
Kyzia Maramara

Kyzia spends most of her time capturing the world around her through photos, paragraphs, and playlists. She is constantly on the hunt for the perfect chocolate chip cookie, and a great paperback thriller to pair with it.

Previous Article
  • 8List

8 Facts You Didn’t Know About The 1975’s New Album

  • Posted on Dec 6, 2018Feb 7, 2019
  • Kyzia Maramara
View Post
Next Article
  • Food & Drink

We Found the Gr8est Korean Barbeque Restaurant of 2018

  • Posted on Dec 7, 2018Jan 7, 2019
  • Therese Aseoche
View Post
You May Also Like
View Post
  • Pop

How to Break Barriers Online and Beyond, According to the Inspiring Women of Youtube

  • Posted on Mar 31, 2023
  • Meryl Medel
View Post
  • Pop

‘Hugot Marcelo’ Podcast is the New Gen’s Audio Guru on Love, Dating, and Relationships

  • Posted on Mar 31, 2023Mar 31, 2023
  • Kyzia Maramara
View Post
  • Pop

Star City Will Close For a Day, and Netizens Have the Funniest Comments

  • Posted on Mar 13, 2023
  • Meryl Medel
View Post
  • Pop

Sexbomb Girls Reunite for a Netflix Ad and Now Everyone’s Feeling Nostalgic

  • Posted on Feb 21, 2023Feb 21, 2023
  • Edgardo Toledo
View Post
  • Pop

‘Eat Bulaga’ Condemns Cheating After ‘Stomach’ Couple Controversy on Pinoy Henyo

  • Posted on Feb 20, 2023
  • Kyzia Maramara
View Post
  • Pop

LOOK: Art Fair Philippines Is Back at The Link in Makati!

  • Posted on Feb 17, 2023Feb 17, 2023
  • Cristina Morales
View Post
  • Pop

Our President on Youtube: What Fans Want to See on Nadine Lustre’s YT Channel

  • Posted on Feb 16, 2023
  • Meryl Medel
View Post
  • Pop

How These Couples Found Their Forever at Jollibee

  • Posted on Feb 13, 2023Mar 6, 2023
  • 8List Editor
1 comment
  1. Pingback: Tales of Illumina in QC Is an IG-Worthy Adventure Park for Your Besties

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Get the l8est delivered right to your inbox.

8List.ph
  • About
  • Sitemap
  • Advertise
  • Privacy
  • Archive
  • Bitesized.ph
  • Windowseat.ph
Your daily dose of entertaining, useful and informative lists.

Input your search keywords and press Enter.