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Walk through bursting colors, sparkling crystals and flowers blooming from every direction at teamLab Borderless—a digital art exhibition that’s like nothing else you’ve ever experienced. The international art collective behind the exhibit began in 2001 and consists of artists, programmers, computer graphic animators and architects who want to understand and appreciate the world around them. With exhibits all across cities like New York, Abu Dhabi and Beijing, each offers an experience unlike any other. teamLab BorderlessThe permanent exhibit currently housed at Azabudai Hills in Tokyo, is tru...
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The Adachi Museum of Art was the passion project of local businessman, art collector and garden designer Adachi Zenko (1899-1990). Hoping to enhance the artistic culture of his hometown, he created a place where Japanese aesthetics could be experienced in the form of ceramics, lacquerware, paintings and expansive traditional gardens. The gardens in particular are the museum’s pride because in 2022, The Journal of Japanese Gardening ranked them as the most beautiful in Japan for their twentieth consecutive year. This ranking compares almost 1,000 gardens, including some located in Kyoto and Tok...
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The Tottori Sand Museum is the world’s only indoor museum dedicated to the art of sand sculptures. Though Tottori is Japan’s least populous prefecture, its Sand Museum has become a hotspot for sculptors from around the world, featured in global news outlets like The New York Times. The installations are made with leftover sand from the nearby Tottori Sand Dunes, a national park with camel photo ops and dunes so steep that climbing them might feel like impromptu training for a Mount Fuji ascent. Around the world in sandThe Sand Museum opened in Tottori in 2006 with an outdoor exhibition with It...
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COVID-19 Info: All visitors are asked to wear masks and use the supplied plastic gloves inside the exhibit. For more updates, check the official website https://www.teamlab.art/e/acornforest/If you thought the projection mapping art experience ofteamLab: BorderlessinOdaibawas cool, imagine experiencing it outside in a serene forest. Enter teamLab: Resonating Life in the Acorn Forest, inSaitama’sHigashi Tokorozawa Park.With a gentle nudge or breeze, each ovoid emits a calming sound that permeates throughout the forest.Though this one doesn’t focus on immersive projection mapping as Borderless d...
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At the top of Mount Kanzan lies Chuson-ji Temple in northern Japan’s Iwate Prefecture. Housing the “Golden Pavilion” of the north, it’s a scenic spot that lets you experience a beautiful temple without the crowds and a few ancient surprises.Konjikido TempleThe highlight of Chuson-ji is Konjikido Hall, founded in 1124. The small building is covered in gold and often compared to Kinkakuji, the world-famous Golden Pavilion in Kyoto. It showcases several forms of art and culture from the period it was constructed, such as lacquer work, metalwork, and pearl inlays.Konjikido also houses the mummifie...
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