Kyle Thomas Hemingway: The ephemera edit

An ongoing digital archive of 1,410 items (and counting) proving that I read, I saw, and I actually paid attention.

Collection

Tokyo 2026

Culture from my September 2026 trip to Tokyo

  • Sensō-ji

    Sensō-ji

    Tokyo, Japan

    Kannodo Hall
    Five-storied pagoda
    Nakamise shopping street
  • Future of Life+

    Future of Life+

    MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives (Tokyo, Japan)

    Exhibition view, The Future 50 Years from Now
    Exhibition view, The Future 50 Years from Now
    Exhibition view, 1000 Years into the Future
  • Meiji Jingu

    Meiji Jingu

    Tokyo, Japan

    Entrance gate
    Kaku-un-tei
    Path to Kiyomasa’s Well
  • Japan Open-Air Folk House Museum

    Japan Open-Air Folk House Museum

    Tokyo, Japan

    The Misawa House, mid-19th century
    Kokagesan Shrine, 1863
    The Kitamura House, 1687
  • Learning from “Hōjōki”: Tiny Architecture Reweaves Life

    Learning from “Hōjōki”: Tiny Architecture Reweaves Life

    21_21 Design Sight (Tokyo, Japan)

    Mina Tabei, Rotating Landscapes, 2026
    Suda Yoshihiro, Morning Glory, 2026 (foreground); YAMAGUCHI Akira, An-An 3: A Plan for Hermitage, 2026 (background)
    Shin Egashira, London Hōjōki — Atlas / Afterimage, 2026
    Yusuke Omuro + Kawacho-Gumi, Storage Shed ‘Relocation’ Project from Literature, 2026
  • Nam June Paik: The 20th anniversary of his passing

    Nam June Paik: The 20th anniversary of his passing

    Watari Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo, Japan)

    Nam June Paik, TV Fish, 1975
    Nam June Paik, Cage’s Forest/Forest Revelation (partial), 1993
    Nam June Paik, New Candle, 1993
  • Zōjō-ji Temple

    Zōjō-ji Temple

    Tokyo, Japan

    Kannon Bodhisattva
  • Tokyo Tower

    Tokyo Tower

    Tokyo, Japan

    Tachū Naitō, Tokyo Tower, 1958
  • Permanent collection

    Permanent collection

    teamLab Borderless (Tokyo, Japan)

    teamLab, Dark Existence within Chromatic Order, 2026
    teamLab, Bubble Universe: Spherical Crystallized Light, Wobbling Light, and Environmental Light – One Stroke, 2024
    teamLab, Dark Waves: Born in the Darkness, Return to the Darkness, 2024
  • Statue of Hachikō

    Statue of Hachikō

    Tokyo, Japan

    Takeshi Andō, Statue of Hachikō, 1948