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Old 14 Jul 21, 06:09 AM  
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AntonyJ
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One of the great surprises we had on our Tokyo trip of May 2019 was the teamLab digital art installation in Odaiba. They have 2 in the area and we went Boarderless.

Now normally the phases "digital art" means I have to be dragged kicking and screaming, but I took a chance and was amazed by the place - and think young kids would love it too. Get on YouTube to get an idea.

The other one is called Planets and it is having an upgrade / new installation put in at the moment, and both are on our list to go to next year.

EDIT - they are revealing tomorrow what new stuff is going into Boardless, and it also won a Guinness world record:

timeout/tokyo/news/t...qzgggj-tdTADOM

Also the area it is in has some huge shopping malls, a huge Toyota car showroom / exhibition space with interactive exhibits kids would love, ferris wheel for great views of Tokyo Bay and the city, a giant "life sized" Gundam robot.

There is also a small water science museum there that gets great reviews as having interactive fun for kids, a Trick Art museum (hard o explain but uses force perspective to make things look bigger / smaller - looks quite fun!

There is also a man made beach there that looks quite nice if you fancy a walk on the sand.

It also has a Hilton hotel there, which appears to be far enough from the city to not have tiny rooms, but their prices are cheaper than the Hilton in the city, and a 20 min or so train ride gets you to Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace area.

Time from there to Tokyo Disney (Miahama station) is about 16 mins.

Edited at 06:39 AM.
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