This is Ode To..., a weekly column where we share the stuff we're really into in hopes that you'll be really into it, too. Chiitan worked pretty hard to reach the status of viral icon, suffering ...

A traveler at heart, Brianna is a risk-taker and goal chaser. Ever since she saw her brother playing Ocarina of Time on their N64, her path was set. In 2021, she graduated from California State ...

A city in Japan has fired its tourism ambassador mascot Chiitan after its alter-ego was spotted going berserk on social media and in public. This sparked the hashtag #JusticeForChiitan, with people ...

No one knew that a stuffed animal based on a real-life otter would have created such a sensation on the Internet. Yet, here we are. So who is Chiitan? The Japanese prefecture of Susaki named a stuffed ...