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

• Oona McGee
  Dec 13, 2021
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Conveyor belt restaurant chain restyles itself to fit the Harajuku aesthetic. 

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

Japanese convenience store’s new “phantom” cream doughnuts are sinfully good

• Oona McGee
  Dec 10, 2021

They’re marketed as doughnuts but they actually taste like something else.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • combini • convenience stores • donuts • doughnuts • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Instagram ideals vs reality: “Boyfriend buys me Pocari Sweat” photo isn’t what it seems

• Oona McGee
  Dec 10, 2021

Fashion model reveals the reality behind this image isn’t as romantic as it looks.

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• (beautiful women • boyfriend • cosplay • funny • girlfriend • ideal vs. reality • Instagram • photos • pocari sweat • social media)

McDonald’s Japan attempts to seduce us with its new Beef Stew Pie

• Oona McGee
  Dec 10, 2021

It looks like an apple pie from the outside, but the filling is one we’ve never seen at the Golden Arches before. 

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• Japan
• (beef • beef stew • fast food • food • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • meat pie • new • pie • pies • review • SNJO • taste test • videos)

Ed Sheeran’s bromance with One Ok Rock frontman warms the hearts of fans around the world

• Oona McGee
  Dec 9, 2021

Sushi date sees Taka finally reunite with the mate he calls a “f*#%ing genius”. 

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• Europe, Japan, USA
• (bromance • Ed Sheeran • friendship • music • One OK Rock • rock music • Rurouni Kenshin: The Final • sushi • sushi restaurants • Taka Moriuchi • videos • Wagyu Mafia)

When is the right time for a love confession in Japan?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 9, 2021

First date? Second? Fourth? Sixth? Japanese women reveal when they’re most likely to say yes to being your girlfriend.

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• Japan
• (dating • Japanese women • kokuhaku • love • love confessions • relationships • survey • women)

“Cinderella fit” otaku goods from 100-yen store are god items for anime and manga fans

• Oona McGee
  Dec 8, 2021

Japanese otaku know where to shop for the best display goods.

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• Japan
• (100 yen shops • anime • COK • decorating • Demon Slayer • Kimetsu no Yaiba • manga • otaku • otaku goods • Seria • shopping • SNJO • wota)

Collapsed shed at our cheap countryside house reveals unusual Japanese gems from the past

• Oona McGee
  Dec 8, 2021

Dilapidated outbuilding at the SoraHouse contains some surprise items that could tell a story or two.

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• Japan
• (cheap • COK • country life • countryside • crazy • homes • Housing • Japanese houses • Living in Japan • property • retro • rural • slow life • SNJO • SoraHouse)

Cats bowing in apology is Japan’s latest weird gacha capsule toy collection

• Oona McGee
  Dec 7, 2021

Felines walk us through the finer details of saying sorry in Japan.

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• Japan
• (animals • apology • bowing • capsule toys • cats • COK • culture • cute • funny • gacha • gacha toys • gachapon • Japanese etiquette • Japanese language • manners • SNJO • weird)

We try the Starbucks drinks that are only available at two stores in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Dec 7, 2021

Are these exclusive beverages worth the trip out to get them?

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• Japan
• (Christmas • COK • cute • drinks • exclusive • festive • holidays • limited edition • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test • tea)

Famous Japanese writers get a new life as cats in weird gacha capsule toy range

• Oona McGee
  Dec 6, 2021

Ever wondered what literary greats like Natsume Soseki and Osamu Dazai would look like as felines?

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• Japan
• (animals • books • capsule toys • cats • cool • cute. cats • figures • gacha • literary genius • literature • Natsume Soseki • Osamu Dazai • reading • weird • writers • wtf)

Starbucks Japan’s festive customisation is almost too cute to bear

• Oona McGee
  Dec 5, 2021

Add a dose of kawaii to your Frappuccino for a limited time.

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• Japan
• (Bearista • chocolate • Christmas • coffee • COK • customisation • cute • drinks • festive • holidays • Kawaii • limited edition • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

McDonald’s Japan adds a Beef Stew Pie to the menu, with an epic commercial to mark the release

• Oona McGee
  Dec 4, 2021

The puns about love are strong in this new advertising campaign.

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• Japan
• (beef • beef stew • commercials • fast food • food • Japanese commercial • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • meat pie • new • pie • pies • videos)

Starbucks adds popcorn and rum to hot drinks in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Dec 4, 2021

Well, these were two cocktails we weren’t expecting.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • cappuccino • Christmas • Christmas 2021 • Christmas cakes • cocktails • COK • drinks • festive • limited edition • popcorn • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo • weird)

Starbucks releases new ice cream bowls for a limited time in Japan!

• Oona McGee
  Dec 3, 2021

You’ll want to get in quick to nab this exclusive free present. 

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• Japan
• (affogato • Christmas • coffee • COK • dish • drinks • drinkware • festive • holidays • ice cream • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tableware • taste test)

That time a stranger gave us money on a Japanese train

• Oona McGee
  Dec 2, 2021

We’re still not quite sure why it happened. 

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• Japan
• (babies • baby • crying baby • heartwarming • Japanese trains • kindness • money • mothers • pay it forward • trains • transport • travel • wow • wtf)

Starbucks unveils a range of secret Christmas cakes in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Dec 2, 2021

Not your ordinary Christmas cakes.

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• Japan
• (black forest • cakes • chocolate • Christmas • Christmas 2021 • Christmas cakes • COK • festive • food • limited edition • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets)

Which Japanese convenience store sells the best beef stew?【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Dec 1, 2021

Lawson, Family Mart and 7-Eleven battle it out for victory over our taste buds.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • cheap • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • crazy • Family mart • food • konbini • Lawson • Margherita • pizza • pizzas • SNJO • taste test)

Studio Ghibli releases My Neighbour Totoro gacha capsule toys

• Oona McGee
  Nov 30, 2021

A collection where the capsules are just as cute as their contents.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • Donguri Kyowakoku • figures • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • piggy bank • Princess Mononoke • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Which Japanese convenience store sells the best onigiri rice balls?【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Nov 30, 2021

Mr Sato gives us his verdict, and stumbles upon the Onigi Remix — a new way to combine them and eat them all! 

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • cheap • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • crazy • Family mart • food • konbini • Lawson • Margherita • pizza • pizzas • SNJO • taste test)

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