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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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Revolutionary Alliance of Unpopular Men protest against Christmas on streets of Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Dec 22, 2021
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“Building a brighter future for those who aren’t popular”.

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• (Christmas • love • news • protesters • protests • Revolutionary Alliance of Unpopular Men • romance • Shibuya • Tokyo • videos)

Drive your car on an airport runway at this secret spot in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Dec 20, 2021

The sign above reads: “No entry during takeoff and landing.“

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• Japan
• (aeroplanes • airplanes • airports • cars • COK • cool • driving • flying cars • history • motorbikes • off the beaten path • Okayama • planes • SNJO • tourism • travel • weird)

Final Fantasy scene plays out on 3-D billboard in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Dec 20, 2021

Shinra goes on the hunt for Red XIII, who winds up taking a nap and falling into a box of toys.

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• Japan
• (3-D • ads • advertising • billboards • cool • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII remake • marketing • news • Square Enix • technology • video games)

Attack on Titan rice ball is as titanic as the Japanese anime

• Oona McGee
  Dec 20, 2021

Convenience store onigiri just got a whole lot more colossal. 

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• Anime & Manga, Japan
• (anime • Attack on Titan • bento • COK • convenience stores • food • Japan Railways • JR East • NewDays • onigiri • rice balls • stations • taste test • trains)

Starbucks opens outside Imperial Palace with a Frappuccino you can’t get anywhere else in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Dec 20, 2021

A very Japanese Frappuccino for a very Japanese location.

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • exclusive • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test • Tokyo • wasanbon)

No Face lights the way in new lineup of Spirited Away anime merchandise from Japan

• Oona McGee
  Dec 19, 2021

Bring a little Studio Ghibli magic into the home.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime characters • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Kashira • lights • merchandise • movies • No Face • piggy banks • shopping • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

How do you say ‘Google it, you trash’ in British English? Answer surprises many in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Dec 19, 2021

People in Kyoto and England have more in common than previously thought. 

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• Japan, UK
• (british culture • British English • COK • communication • culture • english language • funny • Kyoto • manners • polite • politeness • sarcasm • society)

Matrix Resurrections review: “I don’t think it’ll be a big hit”

• Oona McGee
  Dec 18, 2021

A spoiler-free look at the movie everyone’s talking about right now. 

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• Japan
• (cinema • Keanu Reeves • Matrix Resurrections • movies • Mr. Sato • reviews • SNJO • The Matrix)

We book a night in a bookshelf at Book and Bed in Shinjuku

• Oona McGee
  Dec 17, 2021

Bookstore hotel is heaven for bookworms in Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • books • capsule hotels • cheap accommodation • COK • cool • hostels • hotels • reading • shinjuku • SNJO • Tokyo • travel • weird)

Japanese ramen restaurant serves up noodles via gacha toy capsules

• Oona McGee
  Dec 17, 2021

What surprise meal will the gacha gods bless us with today? 

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• Japan
• (capsule machines • capsule vending machines • COK • food • gacha • Harajuku • Noodles • ramen • rice balls • SNJO • Taiyo no Tomato • taste test • tomato)

We try roasted sweet potatoes from a Japanese vending machine

• Oona McGee
  Dec 17, 2021

This unusual machine sells hot potatoes and cold potatoes, but are they any good?

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Japanese vending machines • potatoes • SNJO • Sogo • sweet potatoes • sweets • taste test • unusual • vending machines • weird • yaki imo)

How a bar in Kabukicho scammed one diner out of their money, and how it can happen to you too

• Oona McGee
  Dec 16, 2021

Receipt shows the sneaky extra charges you need to watch out for. 

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• Japan
• (bars • drinking • drinks • food • izakaya • Kabukicho • restaurants • scams • shinjuku • Tokyo • tourism • travel)

Nara deer stampede into marathon, hit runner in their path

• Oona McGee
  Dec 16, 2021

It’s like they’d been training all year for this moment.

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• Japan
• (animals • deer • marathon • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Marathon • Nara Park • news • shika • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • videos • weird)

Starbucks has…a hamburger option on the menu in Japan?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 16, 2021

Surprise find leads to even more surprises.

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• Japan
• (COK • exclusive • food • hamburg • limited edition • muffins • SNJO • soy • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test • vegetarian)

Senkoji: The Japanese temple that’s more like a theme park to heaven and hell

• Oona McGee
  Dec 16, 2021

The chief priest at this temple says there’s more to this experience than just entertainment.

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• (Buddha • Buddhism • COK • cool • crazy • culture • heaven • hell • history • Osaka • religion • SNJO • temples • tourism • tourist sites • weird)

We try the new Cup Noodle Humidifier from Nissin

• Oona McGee
  Dec 15, 2021

Cheap gimmick or awesome ramen accessory?

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• Japan
• (50th anniversary • COK • cool • Cup Noodle • cute • homewares • humidifier • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • marketing • Nissin • SNJO • weird)

Which Japanese convenience store sells the best butter chicken?【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Dec 15, 2021

Lawson, Family Mart and 7-Eleven go head-to-head in this curry showdown!

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • butter chicken • cheap • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • crazy • curry • Family mart • food • indian curry • konbini • Lawson • SNJO • taste test)

“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best takoyaki in Osaka!”

• Oona McGee
  Dec 15, 2021

How much luck can you have when asking a cab driver for recommendations in Japan?

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• Japan
• (COK • food • local specialties • octopus • octopus balls • Osaka • restaurants • SNJO • takoyaki • taxis)

Starbucks adds a Matcha & Coffee Cream Pop to the menu in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Dec 15, 2021

We try an elusive green tea cake made with marshmallows.

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• Japan
• (cake pop • cakes • coffee • COK • cute • exclusive • limited edition • matcha • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

Sushi Crepes: Will Harajuku’s newest weird food craze catch on in Tokyo?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 13, 2021

Conveyor belt restaurant chain restyles itself to fit the Harajuku aesthetic. 

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• Japan
• (crepes • food • Harajuku • Japanese food • Kurazushi • Mr. Sato • SNJO • sushi • sweets • taste test)

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