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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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Tasting McDonald’s Japan’s new Milky “Taste of Mummy” collection

• Oona McGee
  Apr 27, 2021
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How do the soft serves and McShakes stack up to the real Milky ice cream and milkshakes?

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• (collaboration • cute • desserts • food • Fujiya • ice cream • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McShake • milk • milk candy • milkshakes • milky • Milky tastes like Mommy • SNJO • soft serve • sweets • taste test)

Japanese high school girls remind us of the joys of country life in heartwarming Mt Fuji photo

• Oona McGee
  Apr 26, 2021

So much of what we love about Japan captured in one beautiful image. 

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• Japan
• (beauty • Fuji • high school girls • Japanese schoolgirls • Mount fuji • Mt. Fuji • nature • photography • photos • schoolgirls • Shizuoka • twitter)

What it’s like to buy a canned railway stone in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 26, 2021

A can full of playfulness and surprises.

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• Japan
• (canned products • cans • Chiba • COK • funny • Japanese trains • SNJO • souvenirs • stones • train stations • trains • weird)

Sacred forbidden forest at a Japanese shrine has been off-limits to visitors for centuries

• Oona McGee
  Apr 24, 2021

We get to enter a holy land that’s been protected since ancient times, and it reminds us of the world of Princess Mononoke.

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• Japan
• (culture • curse • Cursed Japan • forbidden • haunted Japan • history • Ishikawa Prefecture • Keta Grand Shrine • nature • Noto Peninsula • religion • Seiji Nakazawa • shrines • SNJO • tradition • trees)

Ultra-realistic cat backpack causes a fur-enzy online

• Oona McGee
  Apr 22, 2021

Come pet me, hooman…and I’ll show you what’s inside my belly. 

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• Japan
• (animals • art • artists • backpacks • bags • cats • cute • cute. cats • fashion • felt art • pets • twitter • wool felt • wow)

Mystery Tourist Spot: Merlions in Japan?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 21, 2021

Unique bridge fountains you won’t find anywhere else in Japan. 

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• Japan
• (bridges • COK • fountain • fountains • Fukuoka • guardian dogs • koma inu • Lion Dogs • mystery spot • SNJO • Tagawa • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)

Japan’s Department of Magic releases new “Magic School” uniform

• Oona McGee
  Apr 21, 2021

Mix-and-match pieces are the cosplay/street fashion crossover witches have been waiting for. 

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• Japan
• (cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • fashion • Felissimo • grimoire • magic • Magical girl • sorcery • witches • wizards)

Teacher disciplined for drinking alcohol during class in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 19, 2021

Students driving you to drink is no excuse to open a cold one in the classroom.

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• (chu-hi • education • elementary school • Japanese schools • Japanese students • news • Okinawa • school • teacher • teaching)

Japanese whisky tasting online: Suntory’s Yamazaki and Hakushu distilleries now have remote tours

• Oona McGee
  Apr 16, 2021

The best part of the new remote distillery tours is the special box they send you for the whisky tasting.

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• (alcohol • distillery tour • drinks • Hakushu • Japanese whisky • limited edition • Suntory • Whiskey • whisky • Yamazaki)

What’s the deal with the big colour-changing cup at Starbucks Japan?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 16, 2021

Is the colour change really that great? And what about the straw, does that change colour too? We test it out to find the answers. 

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• (coffee • coffee drinks • colour changing cups • cute • drinks • eco • Frappuccino • limited edition • reusable cups • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

Wagyu Burger opens in Tokyo, serving up highest-grade beef at reasonable prices

• Oona McGee
  Apr 16, 2021

A5 Wagyu is just the start of what makes this is a burger to remember.

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• Japan
• (beef • fast food • food • Japanese beef • Japanese restaurants • junk food • meat • Nihonbashi • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • Wagyu)

Starbucks celebrates 25 years in Japan by adding four new limited-time coffee drinks to the menu

• Oona McGee
  Apr 15, 2021

A sublime Coffee Tiramisu Frappuccino is just one of the tasty new offerings. 

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• Japan
• (almond milk • bananas • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • oat milk • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

Japanese company creates ultra-compact foldable electric fan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 15, 2021

Clever design frees up more room for your winter storage.

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• (clever • cool • electric fan • electrical appliances • fans • homes • interior • Japanese homes • storage • summer • Yamazen)

Nitori opens its first-ever restaurant in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 15, 2021

Japanese homewares giant follows in the footsteps of Ikea…but there are no Swedish meatballs here. 

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• (ASMR videos • food • furniture • homewares • interior • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • new openings • Nitori • restaurants • SNJO • steak)

Starbucks’ Colour-Changing Cold Drink Cups arrive in Japan, supporting the LGBT community

• Oona McGee
  Apr 14, 2021

New release helps to change the world…in more ways than one.

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• (cute • eco • Frappuccino • LGBT • limited edition • reusable cups • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

Red Matcha: A new type of Japanese powdered tea years in the making

• Oona McGee
  Apr 14, 2021

Soon you’ll be able to enjoy a very different type of Japanese tea ceremony.

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• Japan
• (crowdfunding • drinks • green tea • Japanese tea ceremony • Makuake • matcha • new • tea)

Japanese toilets now measure fatigue levels at highway rest stops

• Oona McGee
  Apr 14, 2021

We test out the new system to see if it really can gauge tiredness while you have your pants down.

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• (bidet • COK • holograms • Japanese toilets • new technology • sci-fi • tech • technology • Toilets • washlets)

What’s the difference between Fanta and Premier “Adult” Fanta?【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Apr 13, 2021

Japan’s nostalgic grape and orange flavours are all grown up.

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• (COK • drinks • Fanta • SNJO • soda • soft drinks • taste test)

All aboard the train station soba restaurant that’s being called the best in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 13, 2021

Over 70 years in service, with a very unusual type of noodle on the menu that was developed after World War II. 

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• Japan
• (COK • ekisoba • food • Himeji • Japanese food • Japanese train stations • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • soba • taste test • train stations)

Otaku geek makeovers by Tokyo fashion expert go viral in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 13, 2021

From geek to chic–improving men’s looks and their confidence in just a few short hours. 

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • awesome • before after • before and after • fashion • geek • hair • handsome guys • makeover • men's attractiveness • otaku • Shibuya • Tokyo • videos)

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