EDIT: TURNS OUT I SKIPPED A FLOOR AGUHADJDJFFCICDJDJD
i’ll probably get some slack for this, but it’s just my honest opinion. Based off tiktok and reddit it said it would take a good 4-5 hours to do everything and that it’s amazing. Now keep in mind, this is my very first teamlabs ever since it’s my first time in japan, so i have no reference point to the other two.
It was very underwhelming to expectations imo; the only rooms i liked were the silver ball tornado and the lights; everything else was meh….it wasn’t jaw dropping or anything. my reaction to these two exhibits was what I was expecting for a good majority of the arts, but that was it. it was downfall from there
And i’m not sure what it is but two of the rooms have these very odd ritual sounding chants it just made me feel uneasy and anxious so i left early. It was literally sounding like a demonic chanting lol
it’s only two floors, so for 50 exhibits i expected at least 3 floors. this is probably more geared towards kids as a good five or so exhibits were for kids
all in all, i spend a total of 2 hours there, and i give it a 6-7/10. feel free to ask any questions happy to answer.
Also for reference, I went yesterday sunday at 4 pm. No line for anything. So probably waiting in line is why people said 4-5 hours now that i think of it
Also they have free lockers to store stuff. it wasn’t cold though i left my jacket in the locker.
by ricestocks
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I’m not surprised. I’ve seen their other installations around Japan and no, I wouldn’t pay 4,000 yen either!
TeamLab is overhyped and only good for getting Instagram selfies.
So packed with people that there’s no hope of feeling “immersed”.
Well, at least that’s what I thought about Borderless. I haven’t been to this new one.
Me and my family enjoyed it.
I’m pretty sure there were 3 floors.
Visited both Teamlabs in Tokyo during Covid years when the country was shut down to tourists and loved it. Went back last week and was really disappointed. Yes because of tourists / crowds, but also because they changed some of the better rooms. Probably won’t visit any other Teamlab in the future because it felt so dead as an experience compared to the first time.
i don’t really know about biovortex, but in general the theme of teamlab is chill and walk around for hours. the exhibits are constantly in flux and don’t really repeat. it’s not for everyone, but you’re overall not supposed to just go look at something once for 2 minutes and move on. in general the idea is you spend 15 minutes in each exhibit, go to the next, come back look more, etc.
Yes, you not only skipped a floor, but a floor and a half 🙂 In my post here, I the sequence of all floors in detail (1st floor, 2nd, 3rd, then back to second) [https://www.reddit.com/r/JapanTravelTips/comments/1oj0px7/teamlabs_planets_borderless_and_biovortex/](https://www.reddit.com/r/JapanTravelTips/comments/1oj0px7/teamlabs_planets_borderless_and_biovortex/)
As for time spent, I wouldn’t refer to tik tok as a source of truth. In my experience we spent almost 3 hours, 4-5 is really pushing it. Kyoto is too nice to spend five hours of your day indoors.
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