Museums

When most people think of art and Japan in the same vein, images on the order of Hokusai’s Great Wave of Kanagawa spring to mind. You could tour the traditional art scene in Nippon seemingly forever, enjoying a multitude of museums throughout the metropolis. However, there was a legendary museum dedicated to interactive digital arts, and that was the Mori Building Digital Art Museum. It was located in Odaiba but sadly closed its doors a few years back. But, as of February 9th, it has made a triumphant return at its new home in Azabudai Hills at Kamiyacho station. The new installation, created by digital art collective teamLab, opened in the covered walkway of the new Azabudai Hills Complex in Kamiyacho. Similar to the former location, it features  projectors shining bright CGI graphics streaming from a data center’s worth of computers, onto reflective surfaces that patrons can interact with in many ways. If you’re feeling a bit of deja vu; the other installation in Toyosu teamLab Planets may come to mind. The exhibits themselves are interactive and ever-changing suites of light and sound; no two people will experience them in the same way, and that’s a good thing. Whether a…