04:01103-year-old Yoichi Ishida continues to work as a watch repair specialist despite his advancing years, as seen in footage from Fukui, on northern coast of Japan, on Sunday.
"I always feel like I am 80 years old. When people think of age, they really become old. As the word ‘dis-ease’ implies, illness comes from the mind, and people with a strong mind do not get sick easily," he claimed.
Footage shows the expert working in his office, which has a large number of clocks and watches. He can also be seen looking through his personal archive from World War 2, when he served in the air force, repairing planes.
"Doing nothing is boring," he continued. "In the end, I feel most at home sitting here like this. Now I'm too old to sit for long, but in the past, if I sat down, I would do it until I felt like sleeping, whether it was 1 or 2 o'clock at night," he declared.
Yoichi Ishida also emphasised that his day job isn't about the money but about the joy of fixing and repairing watches - and the reaction from his clients.
"A family sent me a pillar clock from Kumamoto from the Meiji era. I fixed it and sent it back to them, and they sent me a picture of their whole family," he explained. "The whole family is happy to see the clock working like this for the first time in 40 years."
The centenarian says he wants to become Japan's oldest person, having first begun his career as an apprentice at a watch store at the age of 15.
Grandfather's clock - 103-year-old watch repair expert from Fukui proves age is just a number
103-year-old Yoichi Ishida continues to work as a watch repair specialist despite his advancing years, as seen in footage from Fukui, on northern coast of Japan, on Sunday.
"I always feel like I am 80 years old. When people think of age, they really become old. As the word ‘dis-ease’ implies, illness comes from the mind, and people with a strong mind do not get sick easily," he claimed.
Footage shows the expert working in his office, which has a large number of clocks and watches. He can also be seen looking through his personal archive from World War 2, when he served in the air force, repairing planes.
"Doing nothing is boring," he continued. "In the end, I feel most at home sitting here like this. Now I'm too old to sit for long, but in the past, if I sat down, I would do it until I felt like sleeping, whether it was 1 or 2 o'clock at night," he declared.
Yoichi Ishida also emphasised that his day job isn't about the money but about the joy of fixing and repairing watches - and the reaction from his clients.
"A family sent me a pillar clock from Kumamoto from the Meiji era. I fixed it and sent it back to them, and they sent me a picture of their whole family," he explained. "The whole family is happy to see the clock working like this for the first time in 40 years."
The centenarian says he wants to become Japan's oldest person, having first begun his career as an apprentice at a watch store at the age of 15.
103-year-old Yoichi Ishida continues to work as a watch repair specialist despite his advancing years, as seen in footage from Fukui, on northern coast of Japan, on Sunday.
"I always feel like I am 80 years old. When people think of age, they really become old. As the word ‘dis-ease’ implies, illness comes from the mind, and people with a strong mind do not get sick easily," he claimed.
Footage shows the expert working in his office, which has a large number of clocks and watches. He can also be seen looking through his personal archive from World War 2, when he served in the air force, repairing planes.
"Doing nothing is boring," he continued. "In the end, I feel most at home sitting here like this. Now I'm too old to sit for long, but in the past, if I sat down, I would do it until I felt like sleeping, whether it was 1 or 2 o'clock at night," he declared.
Yoichi Ishida also emphasised that his day job isn't about the money but about the joy of fixing and repairing watches - and the reaction from his clients.
"A family sent me a pillar clock from Kumamoto from the Meiji era. I fixed it and sent it back to them, and they sent me a picture of their whole family," he explained. "The whole family is happy to see the clock working like this for the first time in 40 years."
The centenarian says he wants to become Japan's oldest person, having first begun his career as an apprentice at a watch store at the age of 15.