Japan’s‘Insta-gran’ finds fame with wacky selfies

Kimiko Nishimoto, dressed in a dog costume, during a self photoshoot outside her house in Kumamoto, Japan, on Jan 16, 2018.PHOTO: AFP.

KUMAMOTO (Japan): A madcap Japanese great-grandmother armed with a camera and an appetite for mischief has shot to fame for taking side-splitting selfies -- many of which appear to put her in harm’s way.

Closing in on her 90th birthday, Kimiko Nishimoto tweaks the nose of fear: she has amassed more than 41,000 followers in just two months since she started regularly posting her hilarious snaps on Instagram.