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Oona McGee

Half-Japanese Oona McGee hails from Sydney, Australia, where she worked as a journalist and copywriter before making the move to Japan over a decade ago. Now she spends her days exploring the streets of Tokyo with her laptop and camera, always in search of new cafes, restaurants, events and stories to share with our readers. As an experienced food and travel reporter, Oona has travelled extensively through all 47 prefectures of Japan, and is constantly researching new destinations and drawing up itineraries for her next adventure.

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That time our reporter’s classmate became possessed by a dead child at school

Oona McGee
Jul 28, 2022
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Kokkuri-san is a Japanese ouija board that shouldn’t be messed with.

Japan
(COK • creepy • eerie • elementary school • exorcism • Ghost Day • ghost stories • ghost story • Kokkuri-san • Mariko Ohanabatake • ouija • purification rituals • schools • SNJO • spirits • spooky • stories • students • superstition • temples)

KFC debuts mint chocolate dipping sauce for chicken in South Korea【Taste Test】

Oona McGee
Jul 28, 2022

A food review we never thought we’d have to make, and it’s not entirely glowing.

S Asia, SE Asia
(chicken • choc mint • choco mint • chocolate mint • COK • fried chicken • KFC • mint • mint chocolate • review • SNJO • taste test • weird • wow • wtf)

Sushi By Foreigners BC: Japanese gacha capsule toys just keep on getting weirder

Oona McGee
Jul 27, 2022

Have you ever heard of these sushi before?!?

Japan
(capsule machines • capsule toys • capsule vending machines • COK • cool • fashion • gacha gacha • gacha toys • gacha vending machine • gachapon • SNJO • vending machines)

“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best Okinawan restaurant in Naha!”

Oona McGee
Jul 27, 2022

A new adventure takes us to a local spot we never would’ve found ourselves.

Japan
(COK • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Naha • Okinawa • restaurants • SNJO • taxis • travel)

New spreadable French Toast from Japan is a game-changer

Oona McGee
Jul 26, 2022

The easiest way to make French toast? Simply spread it on bread!

Japan
(bread • breakfast • butter • COK • cool • food • french toast • Japanese breakfast • KALDI • new • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird)

A first-time visit to Kyoto’s Gion Festival becomes a night to remember

Oona McGee
Jul 25, 2022

There’s more to these giant Yamahoko floats than first meets the eye.

Japan
(chimaki • COK • culture • Egawa Tasuku • festivals • floats • Gion • Gion Festival • Gion Matsuri • Kyoto • SNJO • sweets • tradition • travel)

How to make an ice cream sandwich…the Japanese way

Oona McGee
Jul 23, 2022

Grandma always knows best.

Japan
(COK • cooking hacks • desserts • food • food hacks • ice cream • ice cream sandwich • Obaachan no Potapotayaki • recipe • senbei • snacks • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird • weird food)

We roll the die on Japan’s new random-destination train tickets

Oona McGee
Jul 23, 2022

How to buy a cheap ticket to…somewhere.

Japan
(COK • Fukuoka • Japan Railway • JR • JR West • Kurashiki • Onomichi • Osaka • random • shinkansen • SNJO • trains • travel • West Japan Railway)

Ninja & Geisha capsule hotel: A very Japanese place to stay in Osaka

Oona McGee
Jul 22, 2022

Sleep amongst lanterns, gods, and traditional motifs at the “very Japanese new sensation capsule hotel”.

Japan
(Budget Hotels • capsule hotel • capsule hotels • cheap accommodation • cheap stays • COK • hotels • Japanese art • Osaka • travel)

Rent an entire folk house in Japan, surrounded by nature just outside Tokyo

Oona McGee
Jul 21, 2022

Traditional features with modern luxuries, including an outdoor sauna and rotenburo bath, provide you with a truly unforgettable stay.

Japan
(accommodation • Chiba • Chiba Prefecture • COK • cool • hotels • Japanese accommodation • kominka • minshuku • nature • onsen • relaxing • travel)

Japanese curry rice appears at McDonald’s, but not in the country you’d expect

Oona McGee
Jul 20, 2022

Tell us, Ronald, is this an exclusive menu item worth travelling for?

Japan
(burgers • COK • cool • curry • fast food • food • Japanese curry • Japanese food • McDonald's • McDonald's Thailand • SNJO • taste test • Thailand)

Do expensive 10,000 yen Japanese cherries taste better than cheap ones from the supermarket?

Oona McGee
Jul 20, 2022

Blind tasting reveals expensive Japanese fruit might not be all it’s cracked up to be.

Japan
(cherries • COK • expensive fruit • food • fruit • Japanese cherries • japanese fruit • SNJO • taste test)

“H” means a few things in Japan, which is why we mistook this vending machine for something else

Oona McGee
Jul 20, 2022

An H vending machine, right in the heart of Tokyo’s Shinjuku district**.**

Japan
(Amaou • COK • cool • food • frozen fruit • fruit • h • Japanese vending machines • Mr. Sato • shinjuku • SNJO • strawberries • vending machine • vending machines • weird • white strawberries • wtf)

Capsule hotel inside Narita Airport is like a futuristic spaceship

Oona McGee
Jul 19, 2022

Join us as we review the only accommodation facility inside Narita International Airport.

Japan
(Budget Hotels • capsule hotel • capsule hotels • cheap accommodation • cheap stays • COK • hotels • Narita • Narita Airport • SNJO • Tokyo • travel)

Marvelous Soba: Colour-changing noodle broth creates a twist ending to your meal

Oona McGee
Jul 17, 2022

This Tokyo restaurant will cure your summer blues…for a limited time.

Japan
(butterfly pea • COK • food • Fuji Soba • gourmet • Noodles • restaurants • SNJO • soba • taste test • weird food)

Burger King Japan’s all-you-can-eat challenge knocks us out of the ring

Oona McGee
Jul 14, 2022

How many one-pounders can one man handle?

Japan
(all-you-can-eat • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • COK • crazy • fast food • food • food challenge • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • super one pound beef burger • taste test)

What’s it like to eat eel from a Japanese vending machine?

Oona McGee
Jul 11, 2022

Mr Sato takes us on an unagi adventure.

Japan
(COK • eel • food • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • Mr. Sato • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • unagi • Unagi Uomasa • vending machines • weird)

Agedashi…doughnuts? Traditional Japanese tofu dish gets a sweet twist from Mister Donut

Oona McGee
Jul 9, 2022

Official recipe makes us question everything we thought we knew about Japanese food.

Japan
(agedashi • COK • cooking • cooking hack • donuts • doughnuts • food • food hack • Japanese food • Mister Donut • recipe • SNJO • sweets • weird • wtf)

Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe confirmed dead, doctors reveal details of his treatment

Oona McGee
Jul 8, 2022

Assassination has shocked the nation.

Japan
(assassination • guns • Nara • politics • Shinzo Abe • shooting • violence)

Soak your feet at the Spirited Away foot bath, in Tokyo for a limited time

Oona McGee
Jul 7, 2022

Immerse yourself in the world of Studio Ghibli, literally and figuratively.

Japan
(anime • art • COK • cool • exhibition • movies • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Studio Ghibli Exhibition • Tokyo • Toshio Suzuki)

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