Japan's next celebrity is a hat-wearing tortoise

Bon-chan, my beloved. Image via Tomohiro Ohsumi

Who said dogs were man's best friend? While Japan is hardly the bizarre, whimsical wonderland some may expect looking at it from the outside, there's still plenty of room for wonder in daily life. Case in point: Bon-chan, a Tokyo-dwelling giant tortoise making the social media rounds in Japan and beyond.

Bon…