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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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Energy Milk from Japan is the new way to power up your day

• Oona McGee
  Oct 15, 2020
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Move aside, energy drinks, there’s a new mother in town. 

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• Japan
• (BOSS • canned drinks • COK • Don Quijote • drinks • energy drinks • marketing • milk • SNJO • Suntory • taste test)

New tomato yoghurt divides opinions in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 13, 2020

Aimed to please tomato lovers, but what about yoghurt lovers?

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• Japan
• (food • Morinaga • new • sweets • tomato • tomatoes • yoghurt • yogurt)

Miniature sento bathhouse range is this season’s must-buy gacha capsule toy collection

• Oona McGee
  Oct 13, 2020

Relieve stress with the soothing setting of a Japanese public bathhouse. 

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• Japan
• (capsule toy • capsule toy machine • COK • cool • gacha • gacha toys • gachapon • Kenelephant • public baths • sento • SNJO • vending machines)

Starbucks unveils new Halloween drinkware collection

• Oona McGee
  Oct 13, 2020

Enjoy a drink with spooky cute cats and ghouls this Halloween.

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• SE Asia
• (autumn • cats • COK • drinkware • halloween • Halloween 2020 • limited edition • mugs • Singapore • Starbucks • travel mugs • tumblers)

We track down rare Ramen Pringles, sold only at special vending machines in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 13, 2020

New Japan-only Pringles flavour is an adventure hunt!

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• Japan
• (COK • delicious • japanese snacks • Kanto region • limited edition • Pringles • Pringles Japan • ramen • review • shoyu ramen • snack time • SNJO • taste test • unique flavor)

How to stop a Nintendo Switch from overheating 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 12, 2020

Japanese repairman says gamers should do one small thing to stop a common problem. 

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• Japan
• (COK • how to • nintendo • nintendo switch • repairs • switch • technology • video games • videos)

Telecommute from a ferris wheel at this Japanese amusement park

• Oona McGee
  Oct 12, 2020

Theme park adapts to the new normal with special remote work plans for visitors.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • COK • cool • Ferris wheel • remote work • telecommuting • teleworking • theme parks • Tokyo • work from home • Yomiuriland)

Totoro discovered in Japanese forest【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 9, 2020

A hidden secret off the tourist trail is now attracting attention around the country.

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• Japan
• (anime • Aomori • beautiful • cool • cute • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • nature • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • travel)

Mysterious Spirit Boat Procession in Nagasaki and the sandbox tram that follows it【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 8, 2020

A night when mystery hangs thick in the air. 

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• Japan
• (beautiful • bon • culture • festivals • Japanese festivals • Matsuri • Nagasaki • tourism • trains • trams • travel)

New Japan Rail Pass for non-Japanese passport holders coming soon

• Oona McGee
  Oct 7, 2020

Limited-time pass offers huge discounts on train travel in and around Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (COK • deals • discounts • East Japan Railway • foreigners in Japan • Japan Railways • JR • JR East • shinkansen • tourism • trains • travel)

First-ever foot-operated vending machine appears in Japan during pandemic

• Oona McGee
  Oct 7, 2020

Revolutionary new system aims to keep your hands clean but people aren’t entirely sold on the idea. 

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • drinks • Dydo • health • Japanese vending machines • pandemic • technology • vending machines)

“Drain me of my blood!” Otaku rush to donate for anime VTuber nurse

• Oona McGee
  Oct 6, 2020

When a 17-year-old who lives in a sanitarium with bandaged wrists and a fang tooth asks for blood, fans come running from around the country.

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• Japan
• (anime • blood • blood donations • blood drives • Japanese Red Cross Society • Miyagi • nurse • Red Cross • Sana Natori • virtual youtuber • VTuber)

Food ASMR YouTuber caught spitting cheese tonkatsu out on camera【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 6, 2020

Kasumi deletes her Twitter and Instagram accounts after coming under fire from viewers.

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• Japan
• (ASMR • eating • food • Food ASMR • Japanese YouTubers • tonkatsu • videos • YouTube • YouTubers)

Japan to reopen to international tourists with new entry requirements

• Oona McGee
  Oct 5, 2020

Government sets a date for opening the country’s borders to the world again.

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• Japan
• (2020 Olympic Games • 2020 Tokyo Olympics • 2021 Tokyo Olympics • COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • foreigners in Japan • Olympics • society • tourism • tourists • travel)

What happens when you wear a smile mask on a Japanese train?

• Oona McGee
  Oct 2, 2020

The face mask that’s meant to show people how happy you are looks rather odd when used in real life.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • customer service • face masks • funny • masks • Mr. Sato • smile mask • SNJO • Takeya • weird)

Japanese vending machines now sell pandemic goods

• Oona McGee
  Oct 1, 2020

Welcome to the new normal.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • drinks • Dydo • face masks • health • Japanese vending machines • masks • vending machines)

New Dassai sake parfait crashes reservation system in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Sep 29, 2020

There’s a reason why they call this the “phantom sake”.

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• Japan
• (bars • Dassai • drinks • nihonshu • parfait • sake • shinjuku • sweets • Tokyo)

Foreigners to blame for livestock theft, according to Japanese media

• Oona McGee
  Sep 29, 2020

Spate of stolen pigs, cows and produce sparks fears in Japan, but the media is preoccupied with the nationality of the criminals.

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• Japan
• (agriculture • animals • arrests • COK • cows • crazy • crime • farming • pigs • police • theft • weird)

Eat Japanese street food at home with this amazing sweet potato maker

• Oona McGee
  Sep 29, 2020

Enjoy the seasonal flavour of a stone-roasted yakiimo from the comfort of your kitchen!

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• Japan
• (cooking • cool • food • interior • kitchen gadgets • kitchen goods • one person • SNJO • sweet potato • yakiimo)

Kyoto’s Kinkakuji creates unusual photo opportunity for visitors

• Oona McGee
  Sep 28, 2020

World Heritage-listed Golden Pavilion is currently covered up for repairs, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be able to see the building. 

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• Japan
• (Construction • customer service • Golden Pavilion • Kinkakuji • Kyoto • panel • photos • repairs • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

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