Immersive museums let you do more than just look—they let you experience the sensation of being completely enveloped by art. Here are some immersive museums in Tokyo.
“Epson TeamLab Borderless” in Odaiba, which attracts over 2.3 million visitors annually, opened a new location at Azabudai Hills on February 9, 2024.
The evolved TeamLab Borderless is a “museum without a map,” featuring a collection of boundary-less artworks. Visitors move from one room to another, interacting with and being influenced by other works, as the artworks blend together.
Visitors can immerse themselves physically in this boundary-less art and enjoy the experience of “wandering, exploring, and discovering within a single, boundary-less world.”
An immersive entertainment facility with five attractions, located in Odaiba and Shinjuku.
For a thrilling experience, we recommend “IT/It Carnival,” where you search for a missing child in an amusement park shrouded in eerie silence, and “Corridor,” where you explore a dilapidated Western-style mansion via VR.
In “Kaiju no Sumika VR,” “Tarot VR Arcana Journey” (a VR journey through the world of tarot cards), and “Flactus” (where you board a boat with jellyfish), you can enjoy extraordinary experiences in a fantasy world.
“The Moving Yokai Exhibition” is an immersive, experiential digital art museum where visitors can immerse themselves in Japan’s renowned yokai art —including “Hyakki Yagyo Emaki,” “Hyakumonogatari,” “Oni,” “Tengu,” “Kappa,” and “Tsukumogami”—depicted by artists of the Edo and Meiji periods, through cutting-edge video technology and three-dimensional sculptures.
Using cutting-edge digital technologies such as 3DCG, projection mapping, and holographic screens, the museum brings to life the forms of Japanese yokai—creatures beloved by people across generations—in a dynamic and vibrant way, while also recreating a realistic world of yokai through three-dimensional sculptures.
“Wandaria Yokohama,” an immersive experience facility where visitors can enjoy encounters with wildlife and nature, will open on Thursday, March 19, 2026, at “BASEGATE Yokohama Kannai. “
BASEGATE Yokohama Kannai is a large-scale mixed-use complex currently under construction in front of JR Kannai Station as part of the “Yokohama City Former City Hall Block Utilization Project.” It will house a commercial area centered on offices and restaurants, as well as a hotel that preserves and utilizes the former Yokohama City Hall administrative building.
The museum consists of six zones with different themes, ranging from lush forests to the mysterious deep sea. Visitors can enjoy encounters with creatures and nature as they explore each zone.
“Rêve de Lumières,” the 10th installment in the “LUMIÈRES” series and the first of its kind in Japan, is scheduled to open in early summer 2026 within “Tokyo Dream Park.”
In a space spanning approximately 1,200 square meters, light and sound created by over 100 Epson projectors equipped with the latest technology and about 60 speaker systems are synchronized, allowing visitors to enjoy art with all five senses. The first commemorative screening in the “Rêve de Lumières” series is “Van Gogh.” The museum plans to present an art program that allows visitors to fully appreciate Van Gogh himself and the emotions he poured into his works from multiple perspectives.
