giant tortoise plods through TOKYO streets
TOKYO: A huge reptile is on the prowl through Tokyo's streets- but, unlike Godzilla, who stomped across japan's capital a blaze of destructive energy- Bonchan the giant tortoise isn't doing anything very quickly.
The metre - long African spurred tortoise, which tips the scales at 70 kg, is a regular sight on the streets of Tokyo's Tsukishima district as he and owner Hisao Mitini take their snall- paced daily walk.
"My wife just fell in love with him when she saw him at a pet shop, so she brought him home," Mr Mitani, who runs a funeral home, said. That was 20 years ago, when Bon-chan was small enough to fit into the plam of your hand