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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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Ghibli Museum becomes “Hot Wind Museum” for traditional Japanese range with No Face and Totoro

• Oona McGee
  Feb 1, 2022
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Spirited Away samue is the star of this collection designed by Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki.

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• Japan
• (aprons • bags • cute • fashion • Ghibli • maekake • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • pouches • purses • samue • shoulder bags • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Toshio Suzuki • Totoro • traditional clothes)

Japanese Twitter user documents month-long crusade to buy a drink from a vending machine

• Oona McGee
  Jan 31, 2022

Epic tale about a disappearing machine comes with a twist ending.

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• (Dodekamin • drinks • funny • Gungun Guruto • Hokkaido • Japanese vending machines • photos • snow • twitter • vending machines)

Floating hologram registers coming to Japanese convenience stores【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 30, 2022

Contactless self-checkouts make Japan’s konbini even more konbinient.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • cash register • conveniece stores • futuristic • holograms • Japanese convenience stores • new • news • self-checkout • shopping • tech • technology • toshiba)

Sakura Lindor: A Lindt chocolate you can only buy in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 30, 2022

We find out what it’s like to bite into a Lindor cherry blossom.

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• Japan
• (cherry • cherry blossoms • chocolate • COK • hanami • limited edition • lindor • Lindt • new • sakura • SNO • sweets • taste test)

Japanese KitKat Bears debut exclusively in Japan, but are they any good?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 29, 2022

Join us as we break into this limited-edition box of Valentine’s Day chocolates.

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• Japan
• (bears • candy • chocolate • COK • cute • food • Japanese KitKats • KitKat • KitKats • limited edition • love • Nestle • Nestle Japan • SNO • sweets • taste test • Teddy Bears • valentine chocolate • Valentine's Day)

New Japanese mascot character: A train station monster that grabs children who don’t mind the gap

• Oona McGee
  Jan 28, 2022

Kind of like a Japanese version of Pennywise the Clown. 

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• Japan
• (art • characters • design • Japanese characters • Japanese mascots • Japanese train stations • JR West • marketing • mascot characters • Osaka • posters • train stations • trains • WEST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY)

Pringles teams up with Hello Kitty for new Sanrio collection in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 28, 2022

Pringles crossover makes Sanrio stars look like Mario and Luigi.

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• Japan
• (candy • chips • Cinnamoroll • cute • Hello Kitty • Mascots • merchandise • Pringles • Sanrio • snacks)

Ghibli Park: Opening date, first photos, and a new promo video produced by Studio Ghibli!

• Oona McGee
  Jan 27, 2022

This is the news we’ve all been waiting for!

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• Japan
• (Aichi Prefecture • Amusement Parks • anime • Ghibli Park • Goro Miyazaki • Hayao Miyazaki • Keisuke Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • news • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • Toshio Suzuki • Totoro • tourism • travel • videos)

“Genius” child seat at food court in Japanese shopping mall goes viral

• Oona McGee
  Jan 27, 2022

Another example of amazing customer service in Japan.

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• (children • customer service • customers • design • eating • food • food court • genius • parents • seating • shopping • shopping mall • twitter)

Olympic gold medalist skateboarder wears a kimono on the half-pipe【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 27, 2022

Furisode means “swinging sleeves” and boy, do these sleeves swing. 

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• Japan
• (beautiful • Coming of Age Day • furisode • gold medal • Instagram • Japanese women • kimono • Olympics • photos • Sakura Yosozumi • Seijin no Hi • seijinshiki • skateboarding • skateboards • sport • Tokyo 2020 Olympics)

Sumo salt shaker steals the show in new range of Japanese wrestler goods

• Oona McGee
  Jan 26, 2022

Add ceremonial salt to your fries, fight in the ring on a pouch, and watch a wrestler grow in your water glass. 

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• Japan
• (buy • cool • culture • Felissimo • funny • goods • shopping • Sumo • sumo wrestlers • sumo wrestling • tradition • traditional sports • You + More)

Japanese freight container bento satisfies our hunger for unusual lunches

• Oona McGee
  Jan 26, 2022

A lunchbox so popular its makers can’t keep up with demand.

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• Japan
• (Awajiya • bento • boxed lunch • boxed lunches • COK • cute • food • freight containers • Japan Rail • Japanese food • Japanese trains • JR • Kobe • lunch • lunchboxes • SNJO • sukiyaki • taste test • trains)

Japanese convenience store’s cheap knockoff croissant — is it any good?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 26, 2022

7-Eleven may have bitten off more than it can chew in this taste test showdown.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • convenience stores • croissants • food • Japanese convenience stores • Pierre Hermé • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best bubuzuke in Kyoto!”

• Oona McGee
  Jan 26, 2022

Our search for a regional specialty takes us to an amazing traditional restaurant.

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• Japan
• (bubuzuke • chazuke • COK • food • Japanese food • Kyoto • Kyoto food • local specialties • ochazuke • pickles • restaurants • SNJO • taxis • travel)

Studio Ghibli releases Soot Sprite erasers!

• Oona McGee
  Jan 26, 2022

My Neighbour Totoro characters are too cute to use!

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • erasers • Japanese stationery • Makkuro Kurosuke • merchandise • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • soot sprites • stationery • Studio Ghibli)

Turn your bad drawings into gorgeous anime and manga characters!

• Oona McGee
  Jan 26, 2022

Realtime 2-D character creation software is a game-changer for artists and non-artists alike.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • cool • cute • fun • illustration • manga • Pixiv • programming • Software • virtual YouTubers • VRoid Studio • VTuber)

Haku is…Chihiro’s dead brother? Studio Ghibli fans blown away by Spirited Away theory

• Oona McGee
  Jan 25, 2022

Now it all makes sense.

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• Japan
• (animation • anime • Chihiro • COK • fan theories • GAINAX • Ghibli • Haku • Hayao Miyazaki • Joe Hisaishi • Night on the Galactic Railroad • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • theory • Toshio Okada • twitter • videos)

What’s the true reason for Japanese train delays classed as “customer support”?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 21, 2022

When you hear this term being used on trains, it’s often a euphemism for something more serious.

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• Japan
• (COK • interview • Japanese trains • public transport • railways • SNJO • stations • train delay • trains)

How to cancel a floor on a Japanese elevator

• Oona McGee
  Jan 21, 2022

Cool hack will save you time and keep you in everyone’s good books.

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• Japan
• (awesome • buttons • COK • cool • elevators • hacks • Hitachi • knowledge • life • life hacks • Lifehacks • lifts • manufacturing • Mitsubishi • SNJO • society)

“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best seafood joint in Otaru!”

• Oona McGee
  Jan 21, 2022

What happens when we put our faith in a cab driver for local restaurant recommendations in Hokkaido?

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Hokkaido • Japanese food • local specialties • Otaru • restaurants • seafood • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • sushi • taxis • travel)

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