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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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Man sees figure clinging to bus on highway in Japan, immediately calls police 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 17, 2020
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The vehicle was spotted travelling at speed and showed no signs of slowing down. 

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• Japan
• (art • bus • buses • figurines • highways • Hyogo • mannequins • marketing • Osaka • public transport • roads • tradition • transport • travel • videos)

Kyoto starts new “Empty” tourism campaign to attract tourists during coronavirus outbreak

• Oona McGee
  Feb 17, 2020

Visitors to Kyoto have plummeted, prompting a new series of ads showing sites like the Arashiyama bamboo forest totally devoid of people.

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• Japan
• (advertising • COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • disease • health • Kyoto • marketing • Nara • sickness • tourism • travel)

Starbucks Sakura Frappuccino blooms in Japan 【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 17, 2020

Spring has sprung at Starbucks, where a delicious cherry blossom hanami party awaits you.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • limited edition • new • sakura • SNJO • Starbucks • sweets)

Shikayose: The Calling of the Deer in Nara with acorns and a French horn

• Oona McGee
  Feb 17, 2020

With thousands less tourists in Nara due to the Coronavirus, this year’s winter celebrations seem strangely more magical. 

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• Japan
• (COK • deer • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • shika • Shika yori • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • winter)

Japanese man berates American woman for “crime” against taiyaki, ends up converted to her ways

• Oona McGee
  Feb 16, 2020

The Japanese sweet should not be treated this way…or should it?

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• Japan, USA
• (culture • food • Japanese sweets • sweets • taiyaki • twitter)

Japanese student creates Traditional Japan Bicycle, brings new life to centuries-old craft

• Oona McGee
  Feb 15, 2020

Lattice work seen in tea ceremony rooms finally gets to see the city streets.

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• Japan
• (art • art student • bicycle • bicycles • bikes • cool • culture • design • Kitsure • kitsuregoshi • lattice work • shopping • traditional Japanese craft • wood • woodworking)

Greta Thunberg lookalike advertises pachinko slot machine parlor in Japan【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 14, 2020

New Japanese commercial is weird on so many levels.

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• Japan
• (Chrono Trigger • gambling • logos • rip-offs • role-playing games • slot machines • Sqaure Enix • trademark • video games)

Yamanote trains in Tokyo display unique poster ads that look like paper but move like video

• Oona McGee
  Feb 14, 2020

Electronic Paper and E Ink create a moving display for the opening of Takanawa Gateway Station. 

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• Japan
• (ads • advertising • Japan Railways • JR • marketing • Takanawa Gateway Station • Tokyo • trains • twitter • video • Yamanote line)

Shibuya capsule hotel comes with free beers, unusual beds and unique soundless wake-up system

• Oona McGee
  Feb 14, 2020

Cheap accommodation in Tokyo offers one of the best high-tech deals in the city.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • capsule hotels • COK • hotels • Shibuya • SNOJ • The Millennials • Tokyo • travel)

We test the new two-in-one curry rice cooker from Japan that’s got everyone talking【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 13, 2020

Can this magical Twin Chef cooking machine deliver on taste as well as convenience? 

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • cooking • cool • curry • curry rice • food • gadgets • review • rice cookers • SNJO • taste test • Twin Chef)

The U.K. thinks Japanese curry is katsu curry, and people aren’t happy about it

• Oona McGee
  Feb 12, 2020

The #KatsuCurryPolice are on a mission to educate Brits on their craze for Katsu Curry.

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• Japan
• (culture • curry • curry rice • England • food • katsu curry • restaurants • rice • Wagamama)

Japanese rail and Shinkansen bullet train announcers come together for series of cute videos

• Oona McGee
  Feb 12, 2020

Get to know three of the people behind the “sexy” English-language voice announcements you’ll hear on public transport in Japan.

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• Japan
• (bullet train • Chris Wells • donna burke • East Japan Railway Company • Japan Rail • Japanese train stations • shinkansen • train announcements • train stations • trains • travel • twitter • videos)

Cute “koala” cat sings when she’s cuddled【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 11, 2020

It took a year for this injured stray to learn to trust her human family, but now she literally clings to them at their farm and flower shop. 

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • cute • cute. cats • Fukuoka • pets • singing • stray cats • twitter • viral video)

Starbucks Japan reveals new sakura cherry blossom drinkware range for 2020

• Oona McGee
  Feb 7, 2020

Limited-edition collection captures the beauty of petals on the spring breeze.

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• Taiwan
• (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2020 • COK • drinks • drinkware • mugs • sakura • sakura 2020 • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • travel mugs)

KitKat Mcflurry comes to McDonald’s Japan with commercial starring Japanese idol

• Oona McGee
  Feb 7, 2020

After a seven-year hiatus, the popular chocolate brand is teaming up with the fast food giant for a limited time. 

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• Japan
• (chocolate • desserts • fast food • food • Kit Kat • KitKat • McDonald's • McFlurry • Nestle • Nestle Japan • sweets)

Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo unveils exclusive sakura cherry blossom drinkware range for 2020

• Oona McGee
  Feb 7, 2020

Travel mugs, cups and glasses adorned with pink blooms sit alongside cherry blossom mocktails for a limited time.

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• Taiwan
• (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2020 • COK • drinks • drinkware • mugs • sakura • sakura 2020 • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • travel mugs)

Starbucks Japan reveals first sakura Frappuccino for cherry blossom season 2020

• Oona McGee
  Feb 6, 2020

Real extract from the trees gives you a sense of what it’s like to drink the cherry blossoms.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • limited edition • new • sakura • Starbucks • sweets)

Top ten sweets and snacks you’d eat at a Japanese grandmother’s house

• Oona McGee
  Feb 6, 2020

Obaachan knows best, especially when it comes to popular Japanese snacks that have stood the test of time. 

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• Australia, Japan
• (candy • chocolate • dagashi • grandma • grandmothers • obaachan • snacks • sweets • Top Ten)

Centuries-old Japanese store revolutionises the fragrance world with new incense cord

• Oona McGee
  Feb 4, 2020

Tie a bow around gifts and envelopes with a wonderfully fragrant incense ribbon.

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• Japan
• (culture • fragrance • gifts • giftwrapping • incense • Kyoto • perfume • shopping)

Taste-testing the new Chocolate Milk Tea Frappuccino from Starbucks Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 2, 2020

The closest thing to a Starbucks chocolate bubble tea Frappuccino yet.

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• Japan
• (boba • bubble tea • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • milk tea • SNJO • Starbucks • sweets • taste test • tea)

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