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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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Family Mart ups its convenience store food game with special burger from beef bowl chain Matsuya

• Oona McGee
  Mar 1, 2026
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Limited-edition release is quickly attracting attention online.

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• Japan
• (beef bowl • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • hamburg • hamburger • hamburger steak • hamburgers • Japanese convenience stores • Matsuya)

Japan’s craziest burger chain takes menchi katsu to new extreme levels

• Oona McGee
  Feb 28, 2026

We find out what gives the Naughty Menchi Katsu Burger its unusual name. 

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• Japan
• (burgers • cool • crazy • Dom Dom • Dom Dom Hamburger • DomDom • fast food • food • katsu • menchi katsu • weird)

Drift ice in Japan is a disappearing winter miracle you need to see now

• Oona McGee
  Feb 27, 2026

A trip on the Aurora icebreaker boat takes you to the southernmost point where the ocean freezes.

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• Japan
• (Abashiri • Aurora • awesome • beautiful • boat • boats • COK • cool • drift ice • Hokkaido • ice • sightseeing boats • SNJO)

Which convenience store onigiri rice balls are the most popular? Survey reveals surprising results

• Oona McGee
  Feb 27, 2026

There’s one rice ball that everyone chooses at Lawson, 7-Eleven, Mini Stop and Family Mart in Japan.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • Lawson • Mini Stop • onigiri • rice • rice balls • SNJO)

Starbucks Japan releases first-ever Hinamatsuri Girls’ Day Frappuccino

• Oona McGee
  Feb 26, 2026

New mini-size Frappuccino caters to girls and the traditional doll’s festival that honours them.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • Doll's Festival • drinks • Frappuccino • girls' day • Hinamatsuri • Hinamatsuri Frappuccino • limited edition • limited edition flavors • Peach • sakura • spring • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Yakuzen ramen restaurant in Tokyo is very different to a yakuza ramen restaurant

• Oona McGee
  Feb 23, 2026

This tonkotsu ramen has medicinal benefits that can boost your energy after a long day of sightseeing.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • ginseng • health • healthy food • Jimbocho • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • Tokyo • tonkotsu • tonkotsu ramen • yakuzen • yakuzen ramen)

Starbucks Japan adds new sakura Frappuccino and cherry blossom drinks to the menu

• Oona McGee
  Feb 20, 2026

Limited-edition spring drinks make their way to Starbucks, but are they worth buying? 

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• Japan
• (cherry blossom • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2026 • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • hanami • Japanese Frappuccino • K. Masami • latte • matcha • review • sakura • sakura 2026 • sakura Frappuccino • SNJO • soda • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test • tea)

Japan has trams that say “sorry” while they ride around town…but why?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 18, 2026

Gomen means sorry in Japanese, but in this town you’ll see it written on the streetcar destination displays.  

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• Japan
• (Anpanman • COK • Gomen • Japanese train stations • kochi • Kochi Prefecture • Shikoku • SNJO • streetcar • Takashi Yanase • train stations • trains • tram • trams • travel)

What’s up with the secret basement at this Japanese train station?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 15, 2026

There’s one level in this underground dungeon that can only be seen, but not accessed, by the public.

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• Japan
• (COK • elevators • Japanese train stations • Korakuen • mysteries • SNJO • Subway • subways • Tokyo • trains • trains stations)

New zombie ship sets sail in Japan, includes Shinkansen tickets and all-you-can-eat sushi

• Oona McGee
  Feb 14, 2026

Are you ready to go on the scariest cruise of your life?

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• Japan
• (escape games • escape rooms • Horror • horror games • Japanese horror • Obaken • ships • Suruga Bay • survival horror • zombie • zombie ship • zombies)

Room 404: What happened when we stayed in an unlucky hotel room in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 14, 2026

There’s a reason hotels don’t use this number for their rooms.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • business hotel • cheap stays • COK • ghosts • haunted • haunted hotels • haunted places • hotel • hotels • Japanese hotel • Masanuki Sunakoma • mysteries • SNJO • supernatural • travel)

Can you eat lunch in Tokyo for less than 500 yen?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 13, 2026

We go in search of the elusive cheap meal to find out what you can eat for US$3.20 in Tokyo. 

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• Japan
• (cheap eats • cheap food • famiy restaurants • food • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • one coin lunch • restaurants • Saizeriya • SNJO • soba • Tokyo)

Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026

• Oona McGee
  Feb 13, 2026

Hanami season arrives early with this limited-edition collection of mugs, tumblers, gifts, and Stanley cups.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2026 • COK • cups • drinkware • hanami • limited edition • mugs • sakura • sakura 2026 • sakura drinkware • sakura goods • Stanley • Stanley cup • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks sakura • tumblers)

Starbucks Japan unveils new sakura Frappuccino for cherry blossom season 2026

• Oona McGee
  Feb 12, 2026

Limited-edition drinks capture the excitement and anticipation of a Japanese spring.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossom • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2026 • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • hanami • Japanese Frappuccino • latte • matcha • sakura • sakura 2026 • sakura Frappuccino • soda • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tea)

Sanrio changes Hello Kitty lead designer for first time in 46 years

• Oona McGee
  Feb 12, 2026

A new dawn calls for Japan’s most famous cat…but who will be picking up the baton?

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• Japan
• (Aya • character design • design • Hello Kitty • Ichigo Shimbun • Kitty • manga • news • Sanrio • Yuko Yamaguchi)

Studio Ghibli adds new anime character badges to its streetwear shop in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 12, 2026

Tiny plump badges with a lot of heart, and they’re affordably priced too.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime merchandise • badges • brooches • Donguri Kyowakoku • Earwig and the Witch • Ghibli • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • manga • merchandise • No Face • pin badges • Porco Rosso • Soot Sprite • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

McDonald’s Japan hack: What happens when you put an apple pie inside a Big Mac?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 11, 2026

This could be the best idea in the world…or the worst.

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• Japan
• (apple pie • Big Mac • cool • fast food • food • food hack • hack • hacks • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • sweets)

New Family Mart cinema opens inside Japanese airport

• Oona McGee
  Feb 10, 2026

Japan’s first permanent cinema in an airport is called the Family Mart Lovers Theatre…but why?

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• Japan
• (airports • awesome • cinema • convenience stores • cool • Family mart • Faminchi • Japan travel • Japanese convenience stores • movies • Naha • naha airport • Okinawa • theatre • tourism • travel • weird)

Lawson convenience stores sell a mega katsu sando, and there’s a hack to get it cheap in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 9, 2026

This beast puts convenience store egg sandwiches to shame.

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• Japan
• (big food • COK • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience store hack • convenience stores • crazy • food • hacks • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese sandwich • katsu sando • katsu sandwich • katsu sandwiches • Lawson • sandwich • SNJO • taste test • tonkatsu sandwiches • weird)

7-Eleven Japan sells freshly baked pizzas…but are they any good?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 8, 2026

A convenience store find waiting to be discovered by customers.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • Japanese pizzas • konbini • pizza • pizzas)

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