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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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We take a cat yoga class at a Japanese rescue cat cafe
- Oona McGee
Jun 22, 2019 - Tweet
Stretch and relax with some friendly felines just a short train ride away from Tokyo.
Japanese store apologises for ad saying “women who want biracial children” should wear kimono
- Oona McGee
Jun 21, 2019
Because wearing a kimono will attract a foreign man.
- Japan
- (ads • culture • fashion • Ginza • haafu • Japanese kimono • kimono • kimonos • love • marketing • posters • Tokyo • women's issues)
Watching a one-star certified master udon craftsman at work…at a famous Japanese noodle chain
- Oona McGee
Jun 21, 2019
We spend some time with an expert noodle chef and find out what it takes to become one-star certified.
- Japan
- (chefs • COK • food • Marugame Seimen • Michelin • Noodles • restaurants • SNOJ • Tokyo • udon)
Wear a Japanese lantern on your head with the new Chochin Cap from Kyoto
- Oona McGee
Jun 21, 2019
Who needs a baseball cap when you can shade your face with a paper lantern instead?
- Japan
- (00 • caps • chochin • COK • cosplay • cosplayers • cute • fashion • hat • hats • Japanese lanterns • Kawaii • Kyoto • lanterns)
Optus pulls Australian commercial from YouTube following complaints from Japan
- Oona McGee
Jun 20, 2019
Telecommunications company slammed for using Japanese culture to promote a Samsung product from South Korea.
- Japan
- (ads • Australia • commercials • Japanese food • marketing • Optus • Samsung • Samsung Galaxy S10 • video • wasabi)
New tofu from Japan brings Kyoto’s iconic Daimonji fire festival to your plate
- Oona McGee
Jun 19, 2019
Fiery images seen on mountains surrounding Kyoto come to life with…a dollop of soy sauce.
We try the new lemon yoghurt amazake cheese fermentation Frappuccino from Starbucks Japan
- Oona McGee
Jun 19, 2019
Fill your belly with the power of lactobacillus and the health benefits from a traditional Japanese fermented rice drink.
- Japan
- (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • lemon • SNOJ • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • summer • taste test • yoghurt • yogurt)
Spirited Away voice actors from China recreate iconic scenes from the anime film
- Oona McGee
Jun 18, 2019
New series of posters are total Ghibli cosplay goals.
- China, Japan
- (actors • ads • anime • art • Chinese actors • chinese actress • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • marketing • movies • posters • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • voice actors)
Spirited Away posters for first theatrical release in China are stunningly beautiful
- Oona McGee
Jun 17, 2019
A new take on a beloved Studio Ghibli anime film.
- China, Japan
- (ads • anime • art • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • marketing • movies • posters • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)
We try a Ninja Kakigori shaved ice dessert in Japan and wash it down with Cheese Tapioca Tea
- Oona McGee
Jun 17, 2019
Castle setting is the perfect home for this shadow warrior’s Japanese dessert.
- Japan
- (Japanese desserts • kakigori • Nagoya • Ninja • shaved ice • shinobi • SNJO • sweets)
Living next door to a stalker: Our Japanese reporter recounts the time her neighbour stalked her
- Oona McGee
Jun 17, 2019
Firsthand account is a cautionary tale for women living alone in Japan.
- Japan
- (COK • crime • living alone • marriage • police • relationships • romance • SNJO • stalker • stalkers • women)
Japanese beef bowl chain Yoshinoya releases new canned, ready-to-eat rice bowls 【Taste Test】
- Oona McGee
Jun 15, 2019
We try the full selection of emergency pork, beef, chicken and mackerel rice bowls.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • disaster • disaster preparedness • donburi • fast food • food • gyudon • rice bowls • Yoshinoya)
What it’s really like to join a Japanese festival and carry a mikoshi around Tokyo for a day
- Oona McGee
Jun 14, 2019
We join the festivities at Suga Shrine, made famous as one of the real-life locations from the hit anime film Your Name.
- Japan
- (COK • culture • festivals • Japanese festivals • mikoshi • sightseeing • SNOJ • Tokyo • tourism • tradition • traditional Japan • travel)
Japanese restaurant chain wows us with solo dining capsules, free Wi-Fi, personal power outlets
- Oona McGee
Jun 14, 2019
We try out the single-person dining capsules and never want to leave.
- Japan
- (alone • cool • crazy • family restaurants • Gusto • restaurants • weird)
We try “the best milk soft cream” in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Jun 14, 2019
As light and airy as a cloud, could this really be the best ice cream in Tokyo?
New Totoro x Natsumikan range from Studio Ghibli covers glass tableware, towels and keychains
- Oona McGee
Jun 14, 2019
Totoro ditches his beloved acorn for a popular Japanese citrus this summer.
- Japan
- (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • glasses • Laputa • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • natsumikan • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • summer • Totoro)
We try Tapioca Beer, the drink that everyone’s raving about in Japan right now
- Oona McGee
Jun 14, 2019
Boba beer? Yes, please.
- Japan
- (beer • boba • bubble tea • craft beer • drinking • drinks • iBEER LE SUN PALM • tapioca • Tokyo)
How to get a job in anime with Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki
- Oona McGee
Jun 13, 2019
When Miyazaki says Totoro isn’t cute, you don’t have to agree with him.
- Japan
- (anime • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli)
Fanta Socata!? Now available exclusively from Japanese vending machines
- Oona McGee
Jun 13, 2019
New Japanese Fanta features a unique flavour from abroad.
- Japan
- (Coca-Cola Japan • drinks • elderflower • Fanta • lemon • limited edition • Romania • socata • soft drinks • summer • vending machine drinks • vending machines)
Starbucks Japan creates a green tea slushie with sencha, apple, perilla and sansho pepper
- Oona McGee
Jun 13, 2019
Is frozen green tea with pepper as delicious as it sounds?
- Japan
- (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • green tea • Japan Wonder Project • sencha • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Teavana)
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