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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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Mr Sato’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day at Doo Wop Chicken Burger in Tokyo

Oona McGee
Jul 27, 2021
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New opening doesn’t go quite as smoothly as expected.

Japan
(burgers • chicken • COK • Doo Wop • fast food • food • fried chicken • hamburgers • Mr. Sato • SNJO • taste test)

Canadian reporter’s love for 7-Eleven steals the show at Tokyo Olympics

Oona McGee
Jul 26, 2021

Feel-good story about a Japanese convenience store becomes one of the most unexpected surprises at the Olympics.

Japan
(2020 Tokyo Olympics • 2021 Tokyo Olympics • 7-Eleven • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Tokyo Olympics • twitter)

Walking Bingo: A clever alternative to adventure games like Pokémon GO

Oona McGee
Jul 22, 2021

How many everyday Japanese icons can you find on a neighbourhood stroll?

Japan
(activities • activities for kids • art • bingo • exercise • fun • games • Tokyo • travel • unusual • walking)

We try a new natto coffee ice cream that took 17 months to perfect

Oona McGee
Jul 20, 2021

Tokyo cafe finds a way to use natto’s sticky texture to create a dessert like Turkish ice cream.

Japan
(cafes • coffee • COK • desserts • dondurma • fermented soybeans • ice cream • Japanese desserts • Mr. Sato • natto • SNJO • sweets • Takadanobaba • taste test • Tokyo • Turkish ice cream)

We visit the “vending machine that makes wishes come true”

Oona McGee
Jul 17, 2021

A rather unusual place to have your dreams granted in Japan.

Japan
(COK • crazy • drinks • good luck • Kanagawa • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO • Tokyo • unusual • vending machines • weird)

Okonomiyaki taiyaki: Sweet and savoury combination confuses the senses

Oona McGee
Jul 15, 2021

We love okonomiyaki and we love taiyaki, but will we love okonomiyaki taiyaki?

Japan
(COK • crepes • desserts • dining • food • food review • Japanese sweets • Mr. Sato • okonomiyaki • SNJO • sweets • taiyaki • taste test • Tokyo)

Studio Ghibli’s Hopping Lantern from Spirited Away can now be yours to own!

Oona McGee
Jul 15, 2021

New product comes with special features to recreate the friendly lamp character from the hit anime film.

Japan
(anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • lamps • merchandise • movies • No Face • Seiko • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • watches • wristwatches)

Blue Bottle Coffee’s limited-time shaved ice dessert is exquisite

Oona McGee
Jul 14, 2021

Kakigori, Japan’s beloved summertime sweet, gets a Blue Bottle makeover.

Japan
(Blue Bottle Coffee • coffee • COK • desserts • Japanese desserts • kakigori • shaved ice • SNJO • summer • sweets • taste test)

What to do if your phone battery dies when using a mobile transit pass on a Japanese train

Oona McGee
Jul 14, 2021

Avoid getting stuck inside the train station forever with these handy solutions.

Japan
(COK • iPhone • Japanese trains • Mobile Suica • Pasmo • phones • SNJO • stations • Subway • Suica • tickets • Tokyo • train stations • train tickets • trains • travel)

We create a Japanese izakaya pub at home with an amazing all-in-one kitchen gadget

Oona McGee
Jul 13, 2021

Join us for a Japanese-style pub meal at our place, complete with hot sake and snacks that are super easy to make!

Japan
(atsukan • clever • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • cool • food • gadgets • izakaya • japanese cooking • Japanese food • kitchen gadgets • Lithon • pubs • sake • snacks • SNJO)

Starbucks Japan’s Afternoon Tea Set: So popular it sells out in minutes

Oona McGee
Jul 11, 2021

Afternoon tea at Starbucks comes with a surprisingly high price tag.

Japan
(afternoon tea • cakes • COK • desserts • drinks • Frappuccinos • Italian food • limited edition • Princi • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test • Teavana)

The best-looking ramen in Japan? New store creates beautiful noodle bouquets

Oona McGee
Jul 10, 2021

But…do they that taste as good as they look?

Japan
(beautiful • COK • food • Japanese food • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • reviews • SNJO • taste test • vegan • vegetables • vegetarian)

Japanese restaurant in former yukaku red light district struggles to preserve its history

Oona McGee
Jul 9, 2021

Historic building used to be a brothel, now its ornate interiors are in danger of fading away.

Japan
(accommodation • architecture • COK • cool • crowdfunding • culture • demolition • history • hotels • japanese architecture • oiran • Osaka • preservation • red light district • restaurants • ryotei • Taiyoshi Hyakuban • Tobita Shinchi • travel • yukaku)

Main cast for Spirited Away live-action stage play finally revealed!

Oona McGee
Jul 8, 2021

Characters like No Face, Yubaba and Haku are set to be played by some very famous faces.

Japan
(actors • anime • Hayao Miyazaki • Imperial Theatre • Japanese actors • Kanna Hashimoto • Live action • movies • spirited away • stage plays • Studio Ghibli • theatre • voice actors)

Sliced Black Thunder: A chocolate bar for toast

Oona McGee
Jul 8, 2021

The Black Thunder for Toast makes us rethink the way we eat chocolate bars.

Japan
(Black Thunder • bread • breakfast • chocolate • COK • delicious • food • gourmet chocolate • sliced chocolate • SNJO • taste test • toast • Tokyo • unusual • weird • Yuraku Confectionery)

What it’s like to get the Moderna vaccine at the large-scale vaccination centre in Tokyo

Oona McGee
Jul 7, 2021

A helpful guide to the reservation process, precautions, and possible side effects you can expect when getting the jab in Japan.

Japan
(coronavirus • COVID-19 • health • Japan Self-Defense Forces • Large-Scale Vaccination Centre • mass vaccination • Moderna • Otemachi • Self-Defense Forces • SNJO • Tokyo • vaccinations • vaccine)

Capsule hotel offers amazing deal, cheaper than an apartment in Tokyo

Oona McGee
Jul 7, 2021

With incredible perks like food, alcohol, onsen and Wi-Fi included, you can live here long-term without having to spend money on anything else!

Japan
(accommodation • capsule hotels • cheap accommodation • cheap travel • COK • coronavirus • crazy cheap • hotels • rental offices • shinjuku • Tokyo • travel • working in Japan • workspaces)

Mikan Gohan: Japanese soul food or…Japanese myth?

Oona McGee
Jul 6, 2021

An odd local specialty that’s surprised the nation.

Japan
(cooking • food • home cooking • japanese cooking • Japanese food • local specialties • mandarins • mikan • rice • twitter • Wakayama • weird)

How to make yoghurt ramen with instant noodles

Oona McGee
Jul 6, 2021

Top Japanese ramen brand shares a simple recipe that’s delicious and perfect for summer.

Japan
(Bulgaria • cooking • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Noodles • ramen • recipe • recipes • SNJO • SoraKitchen • Tarator • weird • yoghurt • yogurt)

Giant cat appears on new 3-D billboard outside Shinjuku Station 【Video】

Oona McGee
Jul 5, 2021

Japan finally gets its own jaw-dropping billboard in Tokyo.

Japan
(3D • 4K • advertising • cats • CGI • Cross Shinjuku Vision • LED screens • marketing • shinjuku • Tokyo • weird • wow)

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