“Bon-chan knows the route by heart and is very strong-minded, so it is more me that follows him, than the other way around, ”We walk the neighborhood and we are pretty famous around here.”
Hisao Mitani, a 70-year-old funeral director lives in the Tsukishima area of Tokyo, Japan, with his tortoise, the 26-year-old Bon-chan. When his wife bought it at a pet shop 25 years ago, it was palm-sized, but now it weighs 50 kilos. He likes walking, so if I'm not busy with work, we take a walk in the neighborhood every evening. He eats fruits and vegetables such as apples, bananas and cabbages. You are lucky if you happen to come across them on the streets of Tokyo, Japan.