JNTO says that the museum, that won the WTA award on September 6 at the ceremony in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, was originally slated to conclude its run by the end of 2023
Tokyo-based art museum teamLab Planets in Toyosu, Japan, that won the World Travel Awards 2023 for ‘Asia’s Leading Tourist Attraction 2023’ has decided to extend its run until 2027.
In a press statement, the national tourism agency Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO) says that the museum, that won the WTA award on September 6 at the ceremony in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, was originally slated to conclude its run by the end of 2023.
JNTO adds that the four-year extension will allow more people to explore this ‘one-of-a-kind experience’. The statement adds that this move has been undertaken to ensure that both local and international visitors have ample time to plan and embark on this artistic journey, solidifying Tokyo’s reputation as a global hub for innovative and metamorphic art experiences.
It comprises four large-scale artwork spaces and two gardens created by the studio itself. JNTO adds that the experience involves people going barefoot and immersing their entire bodies in the vast artworks together with others. The artworks change under the presence of people, blurring the perception of boundaries between the self and the works.
JNTO says that visitors can also create change in the artworks, blurring the boundaries between themselves and the works, and creating a continuity between the self, the art, and others.
