Location: Odaiba / Shiodome / Shinbashi
Top Things to do in Odaiba / Shiodome / Shinbashi
The 8 Best Art Museums in Odaiba / Shiodome / Shinbashi, Kanto
Tradition collides with pop culture in Tokyo, where you can reverently wander ancient temples before rocking out at a karaoke bar. Wake up before the sun to catch the lively fish auction at the Tsukiji Market, then refresh with a walk beneath the cherry blossom trees that line the Sumida River. Spend some time in the beautiful East Gardens of the Imperial Palace, then brush up on your Japanese history at the Edo-Tokyo Museum. Don’t forget to eat as much sushi, udon noodles, and wagashi (Japanese sweets) as your belly can handle.
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1. teamLab Borderless
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,324 reviews
teamLab Borderless is a group of artworks that form one borderless world. Artworks move out of the rooms freely, form connections and relationships with people, communicate with other works, influence and sometimes intermingle with each other. Create new experiences with others, immerse yourself in borderless art, and explore the world with your body. In a vast complex, three-dimensional 10,000 square meter space, 520 computers and 470 projectors create a completely new world, the likes of which have never been seen before. Closed day: June 22nd, 25th, July 9th, 23rd, August 10th, 27th.
Reviewed By DouglasA587
teamLab Borderless (The Odaiba Edition of teamLab), was our first experience of this kind of interactive digital light and sound exhibit. We've visited our fair share of classical, modern and interactive galleries. But this was something quite different, as evidenced by the throngs off people waiting to get in at 10am (opening time), and the queues 10 deep, 50m back outside the door when we left at 1pm. Other reviews and their own website give you the general sense of what's happening: clever use of light and sound in a dark space, some of them with interactive, and even physical elements (like climbing through the 3 dimensional bouldering wall). But that doesn't capture the magic of being there in the dark, wondering what new and beautiful creature is about to come dancing around the corner. There's mo map and genuinely a surprise around every corner. We went around and around to make sure we left no nook undiscovered. Although initially you feel lost and perhaps a little overwhelmed, after a while the layout starts to make sense. For all that, we couldn't visit one of the most famous rooms, with the lanterns, because by the time we got to it, there was an additional 1 hour queue that we decided was too much on top of 3 hours already spent. I do recommend pre-booking online and turning up at opening time, or even 15 minutes before so you're in ASAP when it's as empty as possible. There are coin operated lockers, and luggage locks, so dump your stuff. Having bags around is a drag. Even though you'll be captivated from the first large open area, do head straight to the Lantern room, and consider doing the upstairs section early because it has more elements to queue for. Young (and old) kids will also get more of a blast upstairs where everything is interactive and designed more for the younger (although me and my wife did our crayon drawing that got turned into a digital life-form that we happily chased around the floor). Also take advantage of the En Tea House early, which is located on the upper floor. This isn't not your ordinary Japanese tea experience and is really a full exhibit in its own right. Don't just take the tea, but take the ice cream set. Hint: the tea and the ice cream behave differently. We pre-booked and arrived at opening time on a Christmas Sunday (Dec 21) and the queue was already full but they were selling tickets at the door. They only sell a certain volume off tickets for the day, and when we left at 1pm, they were selling tickets that could only be used from 3pm. Despite the crowd control, it was quite busy inside, although the area is larger than I thought, so it easily swallows several thousand people I would think. Many people say they took one or two hours. We were there 3, and I think we could have stayed longer just to soak up the ambience. It's easily accessible from the Tokyo Teleport station, or the Aomi station. Both are on private lines, so you need an IC card or special ticket, since they are neither JR nor Metro. TeamLab also have a similar exhibit in Shanghai and another "Planets" exhibit in Tokyo which we didn't go to, but looks more for kids.
2. The Okura Shukokan Museum of Fine Arts
3. Advertising Museum Tokyo
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 59 reviews
Reviewed By sandwich7
I loved this museum. Very interesting exhibits on advertising in Japan, right from back in the Edo era, in a very modern and well designed museum with plenty of interactive exhibits. I especially enjoyed the 'interviews' with the advertising gurus of old Japan. Almost everything seemed to have an English translation. Then they had this wonderful exhibition of all the entries in an advertising design competition - this was extremely well put together - and I found myself sitting for a little while to watch some of the adverts! You can also vote for your favourite if it takes your fancy. The staff were extremely helpful. A few times somebody appeared out of nowhere and randomly pointed something interesting out to me, which I really appreciated a lot. The whole place is not very big but I spent probably just over an hour going round as there's a lot to look at. This place is very hard to find is the main issue. If you head to the Shiodome shopping centre (which is itself not that easy to spot from street level!) and then go down to the bottom floor, you will find the museum alongside all the nondescript shops. Despite at no point until you're very close to it seeing any evidence whatsoever that it's going to be down there... do not be discouraged, but keep walking! It's worth it, and also it's open until 6pm so it's a nice way to spend the end of an afternoon.
4. Musee Tomo
5. Sen-oku Hakukokan Tokyo
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 40 reviews
6. Tokyo Trick Art Museum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 102 reviews
Tokyo Trick Art Museum located in Odaiba, Tokyo, is committed to enjoy the 3D artworks and the visual illusion. Have a fun at “Edo Area” created for the first time in the world, “Haunted Mansion with Funny Japanese Monsters” and “Trick Art Gallery” the best collections of artworks. Be careful to bring your camera!
7. Panasonic Shiodome Museum
8. Toobi Museum
Overall Ratings
3.0 based on 2 reviews
