"teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka", opened on 29 July 2022, is a permanent night-time open-air museum in the Nagai Botanical Gardens in Osaka City. The 240,000-square-meter botanical garden is transformed into a fantastic art space after sunset. In a space overgrown with some 1,200 plant species, visitors are captivated by artworks in which "nature becomes art in its natural state" through the use of immaterial digital technology.
The museum is the creation of art collective teamLab, which uses the latest technology to provide an interactive space where nature and art merge.
What is the art collective teamLab?
An art collective that has been active since 2001, it is an international, interdisciplinary group of specialists from various fields, including artists, programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians and architects.
They have organized art exhibitions in New York, London, Paris, Singapore, Silicon Valley, Beijing, Melbourne and other parts of the world. Museums and large-scale permanent exhibitions have also opened in various locations, including Tokyo (teamLab Borderless, teamLab Planets), Jeddah (teamLab Borderless Jeddah), Macao (teamLab SuperNature Macao), Beijing (teamLab Massless Beijing), with future museums scheduled to open in Abu Dhabi, Hamburg and Kyoto.
Attractions of the ‘teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka’ Here's what to look out for!
The Nagai Botanical Garden, the setting for ‘teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka’, is an outdoor botanical garden that opened in 1974. It is located in Nagai Park, which opened in 1944 as a comprehensive park with a baseball field and other facilities. The Nagai Botanical Garden covers an area of approximately 240,000 m2 and has a large pond in the centre, where visitors can enjoy watching the flowers and trees change with the seasons.
Fifty years have passed since the park opened and it is now home to many wild birds, including goshawks and owls. The scene of an ecosystem being created in a man-made botanical garden, and the fusion of digital technology art in the natural wind and air, is a ‘one-of-a-kind’ and ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ art that can only be seen here.
The colours of the flowers and trees change with the changing seasons, creating an art space that is unique to the season.
A special experience of being bathed in art with your whole body.
Interactive art that harmonizes nature and digital art is art that can be felt with the whole body using all five senses. You can also use the free guide app to read about the concept of the artwork on the spot while viewing it.
You will never get bored even if you visit repeatedly, and each time you visit, the interactive art will fascinate you in a new way. The experience will surely continue to add color to your everyday life.
Basic information
Address | 1-23 Nagai Koen, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 546-0034 |
TEL | 06-6699-5120（16:00～20:30） *Except when the park is closed. |
Access from nearest station | ・10-minute walk from Exit 3 of Nagai Station on the Osaka Metro Midosuji Line. ・12-minute walk from the east exit of Nagai Station on the JR Hanwa Line. ・15-minute walk from the east exit of Tsurugaoka Station on the JR Hanwa Line. ・20-minute walk from the west exit of Harinakano Station on the Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line. |
Opening hours | After sunset *Hours vary according to the season. |
Closed | 2nd and 4th Mondays. *May vary. Check official website for details. |
Admission | Adults (high school students and above): from JPY 1,800 Children (elementary and junior high school students): from JPY 500 Discounts for disabled persons 900 yen and up (valid for purchase for the person with the certificate and up to one accompanying person; one ticket per person is required for admission). Preschool children free of charge *A variable price system has been introduced. *Only same-day tickets are sold on site and may sell out. *Adult +200 yen and child/disabled discount +100 yen are charged for on-site purchases. For more information, please check the official website. |
Facilities | wheelchairs available for hire, baby prams available for hire, multi-purpose toilets available. |
Note | Alcoholic beverages, food (such as packed bento) and other items deemed dangerous by staff are not allowed. Also, large items of luggage such as carry-on bags cannot be admitted. Please leave them in other lockers or other facilities before coming to the venue. |
Official website |