Japan is home to many technological marvels, and one of them just happens to be Tokyo’s most popular museum. Only a year after opening its doors to the public, TeamLab Borderless became the most visited single-artist museum on the planet.
TeamLab Borderless and teamLab Planets welcomed a combined number of 3.5 million tourists in a single year. They came from 160 different countries around the world, and some of the visitors just happened to be high-profile celebrities, such as Winnie Harlow, Kim Kardashian, and Kanye West.
This immersive light experience in Japan’s capital even managed to attract more visitors than some of Europe’s top museums. It broke the record held by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, and also managed to surpass the Picasso Museum in Barcelona and the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres.
This museum, which covers 10,000 square meters, was created by the art collective teamLab. Since opening its doors last year, it became one of Tokyo’s most Instagramable spots – and for a good reason.
“TeamLab Borderless is a group of artworks that form one borderless world. Artworks move out of rooms, communicate with other works, influence, and sometimes intermingle with each other with no boundaries. Wander, explore with intention, discover, and create a new world with others,” reads their official description.
