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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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Japan Travel: Exploring Manabeshima cat island

• Oona McGee
  Nov 26, 2019
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A travel destination packed with cats, not tourists. 

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• Japan
• (adventure • animals • cat islands • cats • COK • cute • Kawaii • Manabeshima • pets • secret Japan • Seto Inland Sea • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • travel • weird)

We make a super giant sushi using Costco salmon in Japan【SoraKitchen】

• Oona McGee
  Nov 26, 2019

Jiro dreams of sushi, but we dream of GIANT sushi. 

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• Japan
• (COK • Costco • fish • food • Japanese food • recipes • salmon • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sushi)

HacoKara Karaoke Box: The best way to de-stress at the cinema in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 25, 2019

Mr Sato belts out a tune in the phone-booth style box and emerges like Superman.

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• Japan
• (Aeon • business • customer service • Hacokara • karaoke • karaoke box • Mr. Sato • singing • SNJO • songs • Tokyo)

Japan Travel: Explore a mysterious hidden octagonal tunnel in the mountains of Kyushu

• Oona McGee
  Nov 24, 2019

Come with us as we take you off the beaten path to a spot tourists are yet to discover.

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• Japan
• (adventure • caves • COK • monorail • Nara • rides • secret Japan • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • travel • weird)

Japanese woman arrested for snipping hair off a woman’s head on bus

• Oona McGee
  Nov 23, 2019

Many people are siding with the perpetrator, saying they’ve been annoyed with hair on public transport too. 

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• Japan
• (bus • buses • crime • hair • Hokkaido • Japanese women • manners • news • police • Sapporo • scary • video • women)

We try the Nutty White Chocolate Christmas Frappuccino from Starbucks Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 23, 2019

Can a drink that’s meant to look like an illuminated Christmas tree actually taste good?

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas 2019 • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • limited edition • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

American-Japanese model Kiko designs “morning cleavage” bra for lingerie brand Wacoal 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Nov 21, 2019

Kiko from Queer Eye steps out in the bra and shows us why the Fab Five are obsessed with her.

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• (beautiful women • celebrities • Japanese models • Japanese women • Kiko • Kiko Mizuhara • lingerie • models • Netflix • news • photo shoot • Queer Eye • Queer Eye for the Straight Guy • Wacoal)

Miniature purikura photo booth from Japan lets you feel like a Japanese schoolgirl from the ’90s

• Oona McGee
  Nov 21, 2019

New palm-sized machine actually takes real purikura photos.

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• (1990s • 90s • COK • cute • Kawaii • nostalgia • photos • purikura • schoolgirls • Smartphones • sticker pictures • Takara Tomy • Takara Tomy Arts • toys)

We preview Japan’s first-ever Nintendo Tokyo, Capcom Store and Shibuya Pokémon Centre megastore

• Oona McGee
  Nov 21, 2019

Mr. Sato takes us on a tour of Cyberspace Shibuya inside Parco ahead of its grand opening. 

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• (awesome • Capcom • COK • cool • Mewtwo • nintendo • Nintendo Tokyo • Parco building • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • Pokémon Center Shibuya • Shibuya • shopping • SNJO • Tokyo • video games)

Harajuku Station will be demolished after the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics

• Oona McGee
  Nov 20, 2019

After three years of consultations, the fate of Tokyo’s oldest wooden station building has finally been revealed.

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• Japan
• (East Japan Railway Company • Harajuku • Harajuku Station • Japan Railways • Japanese train stations • JR • stations • Tokyo • trains)

Style your hair like a cat with kitty saliva hair gel from Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 20, 2019

There’s no better place to take grooming cues than from the pet world.

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• Japan
• (animals • beauty • cats • cute • Felissimo • hair • hair gel • hair products • weird)

Japanese KitKats now come in Gold Caramel Tokyo Banana flavour

• Oona McGee
  Nov 19, 2019

New golden makeover supports hard workers like Olympics athletes.

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• Japan
• (bananas • chocolates • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kat • Kit Kats • KitKat • KitKats • Nestle • Nestle Japan • souvenirs • Tokyo Banana)

Disturbing video shows man hitting woman for crossing her legs on Japanese train【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Nov 18, 2019

Manners on board are important in Japan, but we never expected to see this.

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• Japan
• (crime • fighting • Japanese trains • manners • news • Osaka • police • scary • train manners • trains • video)

We visit the new all-you-can-eat KFC buffet restaurant in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Nov 16, 2019

This feast includes much more than just fried chicken, sides and desserts.

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• Japan
• (all you can drink • all-you-can-eat • COK • food • fried chicken • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • restaurants • SNJO • tabehodai)

Lipton releases new bubble tea ice cream bar with tapioca pearls in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 15, 2019

Filled with boba that stays chewy even when frozen.

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• Japan
• (boba • bubble tea • COK • ice cream • Lipton • Lipton tea • sweets • tapioca • tapioca tea • tea)

Cat-shaped Japanese bread coming to Tokyo!

• Oona McGee
  Nov 15, 2019

Neko Neko Shokupan serves up the most kawaii sliced bread in Japan.

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• Japan
• (bakeries • bread • cats • COK • cute • food • Kawaii • Neko Neko Shokupan • shokupan • sweets • Tokyo)

Starbucks Japan unveils new Nutty White Chocolate Frappuccino for Christmas 2019

• Oona McGee
  Nov 14, 2019

Designed to look like an illuminated Christmas tree.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas 2019 • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • limited edition • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

Starbucks Japan releases more limited-edition mugs, cards and travel bottles for Christmas 2019

• Oona McGee
  Nov 14, 2019

A tumbler with a built-in snow dome and a mug with a whipped cream lid are just some of the highlights in the new collection.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas 2019 • COK • drinks • drinkware • mugs • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • travel mugs)

Kyoto yakitori restaurant earns Michelin rating with one of the best value-for-money deals in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 14, 2019

Kyoto Yakitori Kazu offers fine dining on a budget.

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• Japan
• (Bib Gourmand • chicken • COK • food • Japanese restaurants • Kyoto • Michelin Guide • restaurants • travel • yakitori)

We try the giant Meat Mountain pizza sandwich from Aoki’s Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 12, 2019

We get the meat sweats while conquering a four-pound mountain packed with 18 different types of meat.

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• Japan
• (Aoki's Pizza • COK • crazy • fast food • food • junk food • meat • pizza • SNO • taste test)

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