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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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The most Japanese vending machine of them all? Tokyo discovery shows us a new use for PET bottles
- Oona McGee
Jun 16, 2022 - Tweet
A genius way to sell some very Japanese staples.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Japanese vending machines • koshihikari • Mr. Sato • rice • SNJO • vending machines • weird)
Travel off the beaten path in Japan, to the point where three prefectures meet
- Oona McGee
Jun 16, 2022
Visit this unusual site and you can say you’ve been to three prefectures in a day.
- Japan
- (Boundary of Three Prefectures • COK • Masanuki Sunakoma • michi no eki • off the beaten path • off the beaten track • Saitama • SNJO • tourism • tourist site • tourist sites • travel • unusual)
New cafe reimagines sushi burgers, serves food like plastic displays
- Oona McGee
Jun 16, 2022
A dream come true for anyone who’s ever wanted to eat those plastic food samples.
- Japan
- (burgers • cafes • COK • fast food • fish • food • kakiage • Mr. Sato • Napolitan • plastic food • plastic food samples • restaurants • Saitama • seafood • SNJO • sushi • taste test • weird)
Akiba Dental Clinic: The Akihabara dentist where a moe maid in cosplay cleans your teeth
- Oona McGee
Jun 15, 2022
This new dentist wants to make otaku dreams come true.
- Japan
- (Akiba Dental Clinic • Akihabara • cosplay • dental • dental care • dentist • dentistry • maid • maids • maids costume • moe • otaku • SNJO • Tokyo)
Solaniwa Onsen: Kansai’s largest hot spring theme park is also one of its most beautiful
- Oona McGee
Jun 11, 2022
Finally, a super hot spring facility that accepts people with tattoos…on one condition.
- Japan
- (bath • bathing • baths • COK • Go Hatori • hot spring • Japanese baths • onsen • Osaka • Osaka Bay Tower • sento • SNJO • Solaniwa Onsen • tattoos • tattoos in Japan • travel)
Tokyo prison restaurant The Lockup closes its doors for good
- Oona McGee
Jun 10, 2022
Throwing away the key after 23 years of terrifying tourists.
- Japan
- (closure • COK • cool • dining • food • Horror • hotels • jail • jailbreak • Kabukicho • news • prison • Prison Restaurant: The Lockup • prisons • restaurants • shinjuku • The Lockup • themed restaurants • tourist sites • travel)
We create the Ultimate Giga Big Mac, and it’s the best Big Mac we’ve ever tasted
- Oona McGee
Jun 10, 2022
Behold the Big Mac in its ultimate form.
- Japan
- (Big Mac • burgers • COK • fast food • food • Giga Mac • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • taste test)
Pepsi releases a new cola in Japan specifically for karaage fried chicken
- Oona McGee
Jun 9, 2022
Colourless beverage contains special ingredients to enhance the flavour of Japan’s “national dish”.
- Japan
- (ads • COK • Cola • drinks • fried chicken • japanese drinks • Japanese food • Joyman • karaage • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • marketing • pepsi • soft drinks)
The unstaffed vegetable stand in Japan where you pick your produce yourself
- Oona McGee
Jun 9, 2022
Mr Sato teaches us how to make a purchase at this unusual roadside stall.
- Japan
- (Chiba • cooking • countryside • farm life • farmers • farms • Japanese farm • Japanese farmers • SNJO • travel • unmanned • unmanned shops • unmanned store • unstaffed store • vegetable stand • vegetables • weird)
Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best bintoro sushi?【Taste test】
- Oona McGee
Jun 7, 2022
Sharpen your sushi knowledge with an in-depth look at a popular restaurant item.
- Japan
- (albacore tuna • best conveyor belt sushi • bintoro • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • food • Hama Sushi • Kaitenzushi • Kappa Sushi • Kura Sushi • P.K. Sanjun • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi • Sushiro • taste test • tuna)
The smallest Family Mart in Japan closes down
- Oona McGee
Jun 7, 2022
Customers say sayonara to a convenience store icon at a very unusual location.
- Japan
- (closure • convenience stores • Family mart • Japanese convenience stores • news • Osaka • store closure • train stations • trains • Tsuruhashi Station)
This unstaffed Japanese train station is like a Ghibli anime come to life
- Oona McGee
Jun 5, 2022
Little-known gem has one of the most beautiful views in Japan.
- Japan
- (Arimagawa Station • beauty • COK • countryside • Ghibli • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • nature • Niigata • off the beaten path • off the beaten track • seaside • SNJO • train stations • trains • travel)
Godiva creates a new drink with Japanese sake starter
- Oona McGee
Jun 4, 2022
A celebration of rice, all in a Belgian chocolate drink.
Mister Donut’s new Angel Fruit series elevates angel cream doughnuts, takes taste buds to heaven
- Oona McGee
Jun 4, 2022
R.I.P. taste buds, it was nice knowing you.
- Japan
- (angel cream donut • COK • donuts • doughnuts • fruit • Fukuoka • Hokkaido • lemon • melon • Mister Donut • review • Setouchi • SNJO • strawberry • sweets • taste test)
How long should you date someone in Japan before going on a trip with them?
- Oona McGee
Jun 3, 2022
Japanese men and women reveal the fears they have when taking their relationship to the next level.
Starbucks Japan’s Melon Frappuccino: One of the most memorable drinks in recent history
- Oona McGee
Jun 2, 2022
Melon upon melon upon melon upon melon upon melon…
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • green tea • Japanese Frappuccinos • matcha • melon • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test)
Doughnuts and fried chicken come together in new Mister Donut Burger
- Oona McGee
Jun 1, 2022
Is this fried monstrosity worth the calories?
- Japan, S Asia, SE Asia
- (COK • crazy • donuts • food • fried chicken • Mister Donut • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Yui Imai)
Tom Cruise makes our reporter swoon at Top Gun: Maverick premiere in Japan
- Oona McGee
May 27, 2022
Maverick comes to town, complete with fireworks and hand hearts.
- C America, Japan, USA
- (actors • anime • celebrities • COK • cool • Hollywood film • Hollywood movies • movies • premiere • SNJO • Tom Cruise • Top Gun • Top Gun: Maverick • voice actors • voice actresses)
Japanese convenience store teams up with centuries-old matcha shop for a very modern tea ceremony
- Oona McGee
May 27, 2022
Family Mart gives us a tea ceremony to go this summer.
- Japan
- (combini • convenience store • drinks • Family mart • frappes • green tea • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese sweets • Kanbayashi Shunsho Honten • konbini • matcha • taste test • Uji)
Frozen Japanese sake: A fantastic way to make easy summer cocktails
- Oona McGee
May 27, 2022
Sparkling sake becomes slushie sake this summer.
- Japan
- (cocktails • COK • cool • desserts • drinks • frozen sake • haruka takagi • Mio • new • sake • slushies • SNJO • sparkling sake • taste test)
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