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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 track down a special dish hidden inside Yodobashi Akihabara 【SoraNews24 Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 7, 2018
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If you know where to look, you’ll be able to try a jugful of noodles that nobody wanted the owner to create.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • izakaya • LOL • Mr. Sato • Noodles • otsukimi • SNJO • soba • taste test • Yodobashi)

Japanese museum dedicated to rocks with faces becomes popular with international visitors

• Oona McGee
  Feb 6, 2018

Voldemort, Donald Trump, and Johnny Depp are just some of the famous faces you’ll find at this one-of-a-kind museum.

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• Japan
• (Chiba • family • Great Big Story • Harry Potter • LOL • museums • nature • rocks • tourism • tourist sites • travel • videos)

Dassai sake matcha truffles bring two esteemed Japanese companies together for limited time

• Oona McGee
  Feb 5, 2018

Premium Japanese rice wine and high-quality powdered green tea make for a truffle that’s bursting with traditional flavours.

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• Japan
• (chocolates • Dassai • green tea • matcha • nihonshu • sake • sweets • truffles)

Box of sweet steamed sushi cakes disappoints Japanese customer with false packaging

• Oona McGee
  Feb 5, 2018

Proof that what you see isn’t always what you get.

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• Japan
• (manju • marketing • packaging • steamed buns • sushi • sweets)

New sakura Kit Kat range celebrates cherry blossom season in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 5, 2018

There’s even a sakura charm made from cherry blossom wood included in this year’s release.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • chocolates • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kats • limited edition • Nestle • Nestle Japan • sakura • SNO • taste test)

Japanese miko shrine maidens turn into off-road racing queens in new commercial 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 1, 2018

These girls literally drive away ogres during Japan’s annual Setsubun bean-throwing festival.

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• Japan
• (cars • commercials • drifting • Japanese commercials • marketing • miko • setsubun • shrine maidens • Toyo tires • video)

Sapporo Snow Festival reveals upcoming ice sculptures and displays for 2018

• Oona McGee
  Jan 31, 2018

Towering snow sculptures pay homage to Final Fantasy and Osamu Tezuka’s beloved anime characters.

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• Japan
• (festivals • Hokkaido • ice sculptures • Sapporo • Sapporo Snow Festival • Sapporo Yuki Matsuri • snow • tourism • travel • winter)

Cinnabon celebrates cherry blossom season in Japan with first-ever Sakura Minibon

• Oona McGee
  Jan 26, 2018

There’s a lot to love about this pink-hued Japan-exclusive treat.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • Cinnabon • limited edition • sakura • sweets)

Tokyo Metro to begin playing classical background music on Hibiya Line trains

• Oona McGee
  Jan 26, 2018

This is the first Japanese railway company to broadcast music on their trains.

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• Japan
• (classical music • Hibiya Line • Japanese trains • music • Tokyo Metro • trains)

Starbucks now has a Lemon Zest Macchiato, limited for sale at only nine locations in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 25, 2018

We try the new citrus-infused coffee that comes served in a set with chocolates and warm lemon milk.

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• Japan
• (cafes • coffee • lemon • Lemon Zest Macchiato • limited edition • macchiato • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

Tokyo’s new Keio Liner train debuts next month with special features and reserved seating

• Oona McGee
  Jan 25, 2018

New service guarantees you a seat on the ride home during peak rush hour periods.

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• Japan
• (hachioji • Japanese trains • Keio • public transport • tourism • trains • travel)

Tokyo snowfall, the heaviest in four years, causes chaos in the capital 【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 23, 2018

The unusual weather conditions caused major disruptions around the metropolis.

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• Japan
• (Japanese trains • public transport • Rainbow Bridge • snow • Tokyo • Tokyo snow • trains • transport • winter)

Japanese university student wows Twitter with unique shoji paper sliding door calendar

• Oona McGee
  Jan 22, 2018

There’s nothing quite as satisfying as punching out the days on these traditional paper doors.
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• Japan
• (calendars • Japanese homes • Japanese stationery • paper doors • shoji • sliding doors • stationery • stress relief • traditional Japanese craft)

We try the world’s first ruby chocolate… inside a Japanese Kit Kat【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 20, 2018

Ruby is set to be the world’s next big chocolate trend.

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• Japan
• (chocolates • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kat Chocolatory • Kit Kats • limited edition • ruby chocolate • SNO)

Japanese Twitter falls in love with unusual vending machine in Akihabara

• Oona McGee
  Jan 19, 2018

There’s good reason why people from around Tokyo are making the trip to Electric Town to get a taste of these special beverages.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • citrus • cool • dekopon • Ehime • fruits • iyokan • juice • mandarins • mikan • Pom Juice • vending machines)

How to spot the new sophisticated counterfeit bills circulating in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 19, 2018

These bills come complete with the watermark, but with two tiny flaws.

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• Japan
• (counterfeit • counterfeit money • currency • money • yen)

New Japanese Kit Kat debuts world’s first natural ruby chocolate

• Oona McGee
  Jan 18, 2018

Made from ruby cocoa beans, this new “fourth type of chocolate” promises a whole new Kit Kat flavour experience.

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• Japan
• (chocolates • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kat Chocolatory • Kit Kats • limited edition • Nestle • Nestle Japan • ruby chocolate • Valentine's Day)

Ramen restaurant in Kyoto offers all-you-can-eat toppings and side dishes for free

• Oona McGee
  Jan 17, 2018

A great deal for ramen connoisseurs and beginners looking for a way to try all the staples.

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• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • COK • Kyoto • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNOJ • Tenkaippin)

Japanese stationery fans go crazy for memo pad that slowly reveals Kyoto temple as you use it

• Oona McGee
  Jan 17, 2018

The unusual memo pad has become so popular it’s caused the maker’s online store to shut down.

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• Japan
• (cool • cute • Japanese stationery • Kiyomizu Temple • Kiyomizudera • memos • notebooks • Omoshiroi Block • papercraft • souvenirs • tourism • travel)

Coca-Cola Japan unveils new cherry blossom sakura design bottle for 2018

• Oona McGee
  Jan 16, 2018

We won’t have to wait until the blossoms appear to enjoy sakura with our Coca-Cola this year.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • Coca-Cola • Coke • Cola • drinks • limited edition • sakura • soft drinks)

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