We timed it pretty well such that we arrived fifteen minutes early for our entry at TeamLab Planets. It is billed as an interactive art museum.
The first room we went into was...a let down. There were "rocks" that you could move to make the sounds change, but it was small and not really that cool. (It turns out that this exhibit was best at sunset.)
As we moved into the next room, our worries disappeared. This section was the athletic forest. We were in a catch and release forest, where you caught different animals that were projected onto the walls or floor. They were usually animals that are now extinct, and we could read a bit about them. Isaac and I worked together and caught 23/87 animals.
The other forest area was a lot more balance games. There were queues for most of them, but they moved pretty quickly.
We found Travis and Scarlet and did the planet room for which the museum is named. When a hemisphere is hit or stepped on, it changes color and pattern. The goal was to cross the room on a single color.
Then balance beams.
This is picture was just of a floor - the swirling waves were really cool.
Next we moved into the garden section. This was the smallest section. There were delicate hanging plants that would move out of your way if you stood near them, forming a pathway for you to walk. (It was pretty busy...I think this exhibit would have been better if there were a few fewer people.) It was, however, beautiful.
There were a bunch of mirrors as we were leaving, so we got a quick group picture.
The last, and biggest section, was water. It was by far the most unexpected section. We took our shoes off and the first thing we did was go up a little waterfall hill. The kids liked this part the best. (Photo credit
TeamLabs.)
We dried our feet off and walked the path. There were several art exhibits connected by hallways. The fun part of this was that the hallways were differently textured: soft like a gymnastics mat, rough like a road (but no small stones), and smooth (but not slippery). One of the rooms was big soft balls covered in a single piece of fabric - somewhat hard to walk on, but fun too. Then we got to the infinite light room, which was amazing. There were thousands of light ropes hung from the ceiling.
And then the second to last room was a pool full of warm water a little less than knee deep. It had assorted light things on it that changed when you ran into them. So, for example, there would be a fish but if you ran into the fish it would turn into a flower and then the petals would float away.
The last room, while not as technically interesting as some of the others, was possibly the one we laughed at the most. It was a room a gigantic beach balls that could give you squishes. We were all quite exhausted at this point too, so leaning against them felt so nice.
There was a flame art outside.
Next up was dinner, and it was so nice that Travis was with us. We took the train one station over, found a bunch of restaurants, and ended up with some Wagyu beef. It was delicious. Isaac loved it, probably because it was thin and tasty. Joshua ate his piece which both Ben and I counted as a win.
When we finished it was a bit annoying, as we needed to go back to the airport to get our luggage and then go over to our hotel. (Annoying, but still our best option so that we didn't have to go to our hotel right after the plane ride.) We got into the hotel room a bit after 9:00pm. I had the pajamas in easy access locations, so we pretty much threw our luggage down, got ready for bed, and went right to sleep.
At 11pm I woke up. It looked kind of light outside, so I figured I must have gotten a great night's sleep! Unfortunately, that was not the case. I did get back to sleep, but it was in and out for the rest of the night.
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