Ragamaru-ku (left), an unofficial rugby mascot from Tokyo, poses next to Ren-G (right), a Rugby World Cup mascot.
Ragamaru-ku (left), an unofficial rugby mascot from Tokyo, poses next to Ren (right), a Rugby World Cup mascot. Koki Nagahama / Getty Images

Coronavirus is everywhere. It's all over Slog. It's in the XFL. It's even in Ohio. We need to take coronavirus seriously (#SHUTDOWNSEATTLE!) and we also need to unplug and take breaks.

How are you taking Corona Breaks? I'm de-stressing by compulsively checking Mondo Mascots, an Instagram and Twitter account devoted to Japanese mascots.

Here are the two Rugby World Cup mascots dancing:

And here's a picture of the Tokyo 2020 mascots:

The Tokyo 2020 mascots: Miraitowa (left) and Someity (right).
The Tokyo 2020 mascots: Miraitowa (left) and Someity (right). Atsushi Tomura / Getty Images

As of this weekend, it looks like the Olympics will carry on as planned.

The little noodle-brain below was posted on Mondo Mascots today. I see myself in him:

Chiitan, the "anarchic, accident-prone fairy baby otter with a turtle on its head," is one of the most famous Japanese mascots. It (Chiitan has no gender) is what kick-started my obsession:

Here it is exercising with Mr. Bean:


I've watched this at least 15 times.

Chiitan is a great DJ:


Mascots worry about pandemics, too:

I'm not sure what this one is supposed to be:

Maybe it's the self-quarantine, but this "water fairy with a rose hat" is so cute I could cry:

One commenter saw this mascot and wrote: "Truly an abomination."

Okay, break over. Back to monitoring coronavirus updates.