On Tuesday, October 7, 2025, teamLab’s largest permanent museum, ‘teamLab Biovortex Kyoto,’ is scheduled to grand open in Minami-ku, Kyoto.
Ahead of its opening, a media preview was held. We’ll bring you some of the pre-released works, along with the appeal of each space and ticket information!
Japan’s Largest teamLab Facility Born in Southeast Kyoto Station Area
This facility is being developed as part of the Kyoto Station Southeast Area redevelopment project led by Kyoto City, with a total floor area of about 10,000 square meters.
It will be teamLab’s largest museum in Japan and is expected to serve as a cultural hub for the region.
As of August 5, about 10% of the entire facility was open to the public. Eventually, it’s planned to exhibit dozens of works.
Tickets on Sale from Today | Prices how to Purchase
Ticket sales for the general public start on Tuesday, August 5.
Prices are as follows: (All prices include tax and require advance date and time reservation)
- Adults (18 and over): From 3,800 yen (variable pricing)
- Junior High and High School Students: 2,800 yen
- Children (4-12 years old): 1,800 yen
- 3 years old and under: Free
- Disability discount: Half of the adult price
- Flexible Pass (no time specification): 12,000 yen
*On-site purchase is +200 yen / Adult and disability prices vary daily
*Please check the official booking site for details.
Experience 5 Notable Works Unveiled in Advance!
Massless Amorphous Sculpture | a Floating Sculptural Space Created by Bubbles
A space that seems liberated from gravity, composed of just three elements: soap, water, and air.
When you touch the floating “clumps of bubbles,” they disappear as if melting into clouds.
I was captivated by the experience of becoming part of an uncertain floating body, as if I myself had been incorporated into it as an “existence.”
Morphing Continuum | a Chain of Order and Energy
An installation where spheres move orderly in space, changing their flow greatly as they receive vertical and horizontal energy.
While “inherent” in the space yourself, you can experience the undulation of force that could be described as life-like.
Untitled (Provisional Title) | a Kyoto-Unique Work where “Life” Changes when Touched
An interactive work unveiled as a wall projection featuring flowers.
Touch the iris and it withers, then new flowers bloom – in the transience of this repeated life and death, I glimpsed a philosophical nature unique to Kyoto.
The types of flowers will also change with the seasons.
Tori-michi / the Eternal Universe of Words | Immerse Yourself in Calligraphy and Life in a Video Space
Two video works that you can immerse yourself in like a kaleidoscope, with floor, walls, and ceiling all enveloped in video.
“Tori-michi,” where hundreds of thousands of birds form flocks and fly, evokes a mystical sense of a collective of life,
while “The Eternal Universe of Words” creates a time where the space itself seems wrapped in prayer, as an installation where “calligraphy” continues to resonate in the space.
Forest of Resonating Lamps | a Trail of Light Connected in one Stroke
The popular “Forest of Resonating Lamps” from the Odaiba exhibition appears in Kyoto.
As you approach the Venetian glass lamps, they react, and a “path of light” mathematically guided unfolds like a single stroke.
All surfaces – up, down, left, and right – are mirrored, creating an experience as if floating in mid-air.
Summary | the Real Show Starts Now, Heading towards the Full Opening
What we could experience this time was about 10% of the whole. Dozens more works are planned to be exhibited,
and the full picture of this facility is still “evolving.”
As we approach the opening on Tuesday, October 7, we’re looking forward to seeing how Kyoto’s new art magnet will be completed!
teamLab Biovortex Kyoto Operating Information
- Name: teamLab Biovortex Kyoto
- Location: 21-5 Higashikujo Higashiiwamoto-cho, Minami-ku, Kyoto City
- Opening Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
- Hours: 9:00 – 21:00 (Last entry 19:30) *Subject to change
- Closed: 10/21 (Tue), 11/4 (Tue), 11/18 (Tue), 12/2 (Tue), 12/16 (Tue) *Please check the official website
- Official Website: https://www.teamlab.art/jp/e/kyoto/
- Teaser Video: YouTube Link
