teamLab Planets

In the morning I headed over to teamLabs, an interactive modern art museum, famed for its giant full room art pieces.

The guidance when visiting the museum was to wear shorts - the reason for this became clear immediately as you have to climb a slope through running water to get to the first exhibit.

Most of the displays are in large mirrored rooms, making the area feel infinitely large - the most effective area for this was the LED light forest. Seemingly endless strings of lights constantly changing in different patterns.

My favourite exhibit was the digital koi pond, where you waded throught knee deep water, with fish that would react to movement - if one swam into you it would burst into flowers, leaving a trail wherever people walked through.

On the way back I also took a detour to see the Tokyo Tower, very similar to the one in France, but this one was also next to a Buddhist temple.Read more