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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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Starbucks adds new fermented Frappuccino to their menu in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jun 12, 2019
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Starbucks’ first Frappuccino to combine Western and Japanese fermented ingredients.

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• Japan
• (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • lemon • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • summer • yoghurt • yogurt)

Häagen-Dazs Japan brings out Yuzu Blanc Manger ice cream for a limited time this summer

• Oona McGee
  Jun 12, 2019

Luxury ice cream combines the beloved Japanese citrus with a classic French dessert.

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• Japan
• (citrus • desserts • Häagen-Dazs • Häagen-Dazs Japan • ice cream • ice creams • limited edition • summer • sweets • yuzu)

Figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva receives hate mail in Japan, fans respond with viral hashtag

• Oona McGee
  Jun 11, 2019

Japanese fans come out in force to show their love for the anime-loving skating star.

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• (Evgenia Medvedeva • figure skating • ice skating • skating • sports • trolls • twitter)

We channel Sen from Ghibli’s Spirited Away and travel to a Japanese train station by the sea

• Oona McGee
  Jun 11, 2019

One of the most unusual stations in the country, where you’re not allowed to exit the station, but you can visit a secret park by the platform. 

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• Japan
• (anime • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Instagram • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

Cosplay in the rain with a Snow White raincoat from Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jun 10, 2019

Full length poncho turns rainy days into magical fairytales.

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• Japan
• (COK • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • Kawaii • lolita • poncho • raincoat • Snow White • Village Vanguard)

New Choco Mint Pocky comes covered in pastel green mint chocolate

• Oona McGee
  Jun 7, 2019

Mint chocolate now looks as cool as it tastes. 

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• Japan
• (choc mint • chocolates • food • Glico • Japanese sweets • mint • mint chocolate • Pocky • summer • sweets)

Japanese office worker gets fired, retaliates by making sushi out of business suit and iPhone

• Oona McGee
  Jun 6, 2019

Satisfying stop-motion video shows familiar sushi dishes made with some very unusual objects.

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• Japan
• (business suit • food • Japanese jobs • Japanese office • japanese work culture • Office Worker • Salaryman • stop motion • sushi • video)

Japanese cosplayer shocks everyone with dramatically different before and after makeup photos

• Oona McGee
  Jun 6, 2019

There’s a very different face hiding underneath this Idolmaster character.

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• Japan
• (anime • before after • before and after • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplay makeup • cosplayers • makeup • photos)

Avril Lavigne speaks Japanese in new commercial for Laundrin’ 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Jun 6, 2019

The singer sniffs her rooms and gives us a house tour for new nationwide TV ad in Japan. 

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• Japan
• (ads • air freshener • Avril Lavigne • celebrities • house tour • Japanese • Japanese commercials • Kawaii • Laundrin • laundry detergent • music • video)

Terrace House funnyman Ryota Yamasato now married to Japanese actress Yu Aoi

• Oona McGee
  Jun 5, 2019

The unlikely marriage that no one saw coming surprises everyone in Japan.

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• (actors • actresses • comedians • comedy • love • Netflix • news • reality TV • romance • Ryota Yamasato • Terrace House • TV shows • weddings • Yu Aoi)

Condomania Japan condoms bring the beauty of Japanese ukiyoe to your nether regions

• Oona McGee
  Jun 4, 2019

When traditional Japan is a huge turn-on. 

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• Japan
• (art • Condomania • Condoms • cool • cool japan • dating • love • Okamoto • relationships • romance • ukiyoe • VivaGel • weird • wtf)

We eat a burger with crabs for buns in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Jun 4, 2019

A crunchy new take on a crab burger.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • Tokyo)

Studio Ghibli theme park: New details include official park logo drawn by director Hayao Miyazaki

• Oona McGee
  Jun 3, 2019

Producer Toshio Suzuki unveils logo at a press conference, along with special poster. 

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • anime • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Studio Ghibli • theme parks)

8 types of chikan perverts found on Japanese trains

• Oona McGee
  Jun 3, 2019

From the weird to the very weird and unsettling.

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• Japan
• (arrests • chikan • groper • Japanese schoolgirls • Japanese students • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • molestation • molester • news • pervert • police • schoolgirls • train groper • train stations • trains • video)

Driverless train reverses by accident in Japan, injuring over a dozen passengers

• Oona McGee
  Jun 2, 2019

A number of commuters suffered head wounds and serious injuries after the automated train travelled in the wrong direction.

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• Japan
• (accidents • ATO • automated guideway transit • automatic train operation system • driverless trains • Japanese trains • news • Seaside Line • trains • Yokohama)

UchiPika: New Pikachu robot talks, sings, controls lights and TVs, even when Pokémon isn’t on

• Oona McGee
  Jun 1, 2019

A talking Eevee robot is arriving in Japan this summer too! 

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• Japan
• (Bandai • cool • cute • Detective Pikachu • Pikachu • plushies • Premium Bandai)

Chikan molester runs away from Japanese schoolgirls at train station in Japan【Video】

• Oona McGee
  May 31, 2019

Schoolgirls fight back after man gropes student’s breasts inside train.

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• Japan
• (arrests • chikan • groper • Japanese schoolgirls • Japanese students • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • molestation • molester • news • pervert • police • schoolgirls • train groper • train stations • trains • video)

How to stay cool in Japan this summer? With a mist-spraying Fanbrella

• Oona McGee
  May 31, 2019

Push the parasol into a drink bottle and you’ll enjoy a coastal breeze all day long.

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• Japan
• (fans • gadgets • Japanese summer • mist • parasol • summer • Thanko • umbrellas • weird)

Advice for Tokyo 2020 Olympics volunteers: Dress like a Japanese ninja

• Oona McGee
  May 29, 2019

This uniform will keep you cool and comfortable like a Japanese shadow warrior from the Edo period.

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• Japan
• (2020 Tokyo Olympics • cool • Ninja • Ninjutsu • Olympic volunteers • Olympics • Tokyo • Tokyo 2020 Olympics • Tokyo Olympics • tourism • tourists • travel)

Cameron Diaz in the Philippines? Lookalike tourist has everyone guessing on the island of Palawan

• Oona McGee
  May 28, 2019

Even local media reported news of Diaz’s visit, suggesting Bradley Cooper was by her side for the trip.

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• Europe, SE Asia
• (actors • actresses • Bradley Cooper • Cameron Diaz • celebrities • celebrity sighting • El Nido • hollywood • Instagram • LOL • movie stars • social media • the Phillipines)

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