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Hajime Kimura

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Researcher in international law, now working on Arctic science and policy | This is my personal account. Views my own & reposts not endorsements.

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Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 11h

Old Nuuk is quite wonderful to explore. Now that I am here, I feel these colourful houses are not merely for visitors to admire, but part of the town shaped by everyday life. I still cannot say clearly, but Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, makes me feel somehow curious. I am searching for my answer.

Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 12h

Plenty of boats at the harbour. Walking around #Nuuk, I've been looking at this kind of rocky scenery a lot.

Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 12h

Late lunch at Igaffik, a cafeteria-style restaurant, I suppose, in the harbour area. The food's quite wonderful, and that's the delight of a meal by the harbour.

#Nuuk

Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 18h

Polaroil plant at the harbour

#Nuuk

Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 18h

In my case, finding a cosy café with good coffee somehow makes the town more likeable.

#Nuuk

Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 18h

Had a little break at a café in the city centre of #Nuuk. After all, there's never a wrong time for something sweet.

Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 19h

Along the coast, pieces of ice, some in a clear soda-blue hue, have drifted and reached the shore, and not far beyond, sea ice can be seen.

#Nuuk #Greenland

Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 19h

The path to the Church of Our Saviour

#Nuuk #Greenland

Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 19h

GUX NUUK, the equivalent of a high school in Japan, I suppose.

#Nuuk #Greenland

Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 19h

The colours are vivid, yet there is a certain severity, perhaps reflecting how harsh it can be to live in this nature.

#Nuuk #Greenland

Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 19h

When I walked through the town last night in darkness, I did not notice the mountains behind or the colourful houses. What a view in daylight, though the more accurate saying would be under a northern cloudy sky.

#Nuuk #Greenland

Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 20h

My first visit here in #Nuuk, #Greenland. Greenland indeed, a cold place, though lately quite the hotspot in international politics.

Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 22h

My trip this time has been a long one across Iceland and Greenland, with my #Moomin bag as good company all the way beside me. He's looking a bit grumpy? Perhaps he's just as tired as I am.

Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 1d

Leaving Reykjavík, heading due west, next destination Nuuk, Greenland

Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 1d

Choosing chocolate

Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 1d

A grey, rainy Monday in #Reykjavík. Still, I trust sweets to brighten the day, so I made my way to the Omnom chocolate and ice cream shop, and today's mood was their signature Panda ice cream. Perhaps a bit of good fortune for me, being the first guest of the day.

Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 1d

Small rainbow beside #Skógafoss

#Iceland

Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 2d

On the glacier walk

#Iceland #Sólheimajökull

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Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 2d

Standing on Sólheimajökull glacier, the southernmost glacier in #Iceland. Once brighter, thicker and vaster, how much is gone? The glacier I see today exists only in this moment. Even if I happen to return, it will have slipped further, changed beyond today’s shape.

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Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 2d

Roadside view in sunshine is amazing, with sheep and horses everywhere, though a bit unfortunate that they're too far off for good photos.

#Iceland

Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 2d

I must confess I'm not that into waterfalls, as they're quite common in Japan as well. But in #Iceland the foss, the Icelandic word for waterfall, is nothing short of incredible.

#Skógafoss

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Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 2d

Roadside view, like another planet

#Iceland

Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 2d

There are so many tourists that I feel a bit reluctant to go any closer.

#Seljalandsfoss #Iceland

Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 2d

Over there on the mountain, I suppose that's a glacier seen from Hvolsvöllur.

#Iceland

Hajime Kimura @hajimekimura.bsky.social · 2d

It's quite mysterious to see houses by the steam.

#Iceland