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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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Frozen Japanese sake: A fantastic way to make easy summer cocktails

• Oona McGee
  May 27, 2022
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Sparkling sake becomes slushie sake this summer.

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• (cocktails • COK • cool • desserts • drinks • frozen sake • haruka takagi • Mio • new • sake • slushies • SNJO • sparkling sake • taste test)

Weirdest convenience store drink in Japan? New drinkable Happy Turn makes stomachs turn

• Oona McGee
  May 25, 2022

Mystery “happy powder” does not make us happy. 

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• (combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • drinks • food • Happy Turn • Japanese convenience stores • japanese snacks • konbini • Lawson • Mr. Sato • snacks • taste test • Tokyo • weird • weird food)

Level up a convenience store curry pan to a depachika gourmet meal

• Oona McGee
  May 25, 2022

Japanese curry bread has never looked, or tasted, this good!

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• (camping • COK • cooking hack • curry • curry bread • curry pan • food hack • food trends • hacks • hot sandwich maker • kare pan • recipes • sandwich maker • SNJO • SoraKitchen • taste test)

Gacha capsule machines now dispense perfumes in Japan

• Oona McGee
  May 24, 2022

Spin the wheel of fortune on your fragrance — you never know which one you’ll get.

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• (capsule machines • capsule toys • capsule vending machines • COK • cool • fashion • gacha gacha • gacha toys • gacha vending machine • gachapon • Nose Shop • perfume • Shibuya • shopping • SNJO • vending machines)

Japanese onsen stand is part gas station, part hot spring vending machine

• Oona McGee
  May 24, 2022

We pump some healing waters to go.

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• (bath • bath tub • bathing • baths • COK • hot spring • Japanese baths • Masanuki Sunakoma • onsen • SNJO • travel • weird • wtf)

Japan’s northernmost brewery on the mainland is…a temple?!?

• Oona McGee
  May 24, 2022

The holiest craft beer in the country.

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• (Aomori • beer • brewery • Buddhism • COK • cool • crazy • culture • haruka takagi • religion • SNJO • temples • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • travel • weird • winery • wines)

European and American Men’s Wig: the lowest-rated wig on Amazon Japan

• Oona McGee
  May 23, 2022

Does this hairpiece really deserve its one-star rating?

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• (Amazon • Amazon lowest-rated • fashion • funny • Greek god • hair • hairstyles • LOL • Masanuki Sunakoma • shopping • SNJO • wigs • wtf)

Starbucks Japan’s newest Frappuccino has an angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other

• Oona McGee
  May 23, 2022

A decadent mix that’s only on the menu for a limited time. 

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• (chocolate • COK • dessert drinks • drinks • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • K. Masami • limited edition • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • strawberries)

Why are there different counters for animals and people in Japanese?

• Oona McGee
  May 23, 2022

This will change the way you think about counting things in Japanese forever. 

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• (cool • hack • Japanese • Japanese language • Japanese study • language learning • learn Japanese • learning japanese • learning languages • study in Japan • studying Japanese • twitter)

How to make edible slime with just two ingredients

• Oona McGee
  May 22, 2022

This easy food hack from Japan is just waiting to go viral.

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• (COK • cooking hack • food hack • food trends • Go Hatori • hacks • Masanuki Sunakoma • Meiji • slime • SNJO • SoraKitchen • taste test • weird • weird food • wow • yoghurt)

Which Japanese conveyer belt sushi chain has the best chutoro?【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  May 20, 2022

Medium fatty tuna go head-head in our latest kaitenzushi showdown.

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• Japan
• (best conveyor belt sushi • chutoro • COK • conveyer belt sushi • food • Hama Sushi • Kaitenzushi • Kappa Sushi • Kura Sushi • revolving sushi • SNJO • Sushiro • taste test • tuna)

This Japanese capsule hotel tells you how many times you snore during the night

• Oona McGee
  May 19, 2022

Big brother is watching…and taking notes. 

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• Japan
• (Budget Hotels • capsule hotel • capsule hotels • cheap accommodation • cheap stays • COK • hotels • shinjuku • SNJO • Tokyo • travel • women only capsule hotel)

Vending machine noodle ice cream: A retro icon in Japan brings joy to a new generation

• Oona McGee
  May 18, 2022

A surprising find to thrill the taste buds of noodle lovers. 

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• (Akita • COK • desserts • food • Japanese vending machines • michi no eki • Noodles • SNJO • soba • sweets • taste test • udon • vending machines • weird)

U.S. Ambassador wins fans in Japan with his love of local trains…and puns

• Oona McGee
  May 17, 2022

Japanese train otaku recognise Ambassador Emanuel as a fellow railway geek during his “weekend of firsts”.

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• (ambassador • diplomacy • embassies • embassy • funny • Hankyu • Hankyu Railway • Japanese trains • Kansai • LOL • news • politics • puns • trains • travel • twitter)

Staircase National Highway: the only highway in Japan that cars can’t enter

• Oona McGee
  May 17, 2022

An unusual hidden tourist site for the intrepid traveller. 

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• Japan
• (Aomori • COK • cool • highways • Mountains • national highway • SNJO • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • unusual travel • weird)

Former sake brewery in Japan gets a new life as…whatever the heck this is

• Oona McGee
  May 17, 2022

Looking for a weird place to visit in Japan? This spot ticks all the boxes.

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• Japan
• (art • characters • COK • Kinnikuman • Masanuki Sunakoma • Mazinger Z • nostalgia • Saitama • sake brewery • Showa • SNJO • Spider-Man • statues • travel • weird • wtf)

Meet the Japanese Colonel Sanders, who’s handsome…and passionate about fried chicken

• Oona McGee
  May 16, 2022

Real-life fan steps into the suit of the Colonel.

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• (actors • COK • Colonel Sanders • commercials • cool • fried chicken • funny • handsome guys • Japanese actors • Kento Kaku • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • marketing)

Pizza Hut’s new Oreo pizza is like nothing we’ve ever eaten before

• Oona McGee
  May 16, 2022

What you’d get if street food, biscuits and pizza had a child together.  

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• Japan, Taiwan
• (fast food • food • fried chicken • Oreo • Oreos • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Taiwan • SNJO • street food • taste test • weird)

Pink drinks hit different at Starbucks in Japan

• Oona McGee
  May 14, 2022

We’ll get our pink drinks whatever way we can have them. 

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• Japan
• (drinks • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • pink • pink drink • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • strawberries)

Spirited Away bath herbs now available at Ghibli exhibition in Japan

• Oona McGee
  May 14, 2022

Transform from Stink Spirit to River Spirit, just like the god in the anime movie!

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • films • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Toshio Suzuki)

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