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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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“Hijab Cosplayer” wows the world with her take on Japanese anime characters【Photos】
- Oona McGee
Sep 29, 2017 - Tweet
Just because you wear a hijab doesn’t mean you can’t cosplay.
- SE Asia
- (anime • Attack on Titan • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • hijab • Instagram • Naruto • Sailor Moon)
How much treasure can you find on a Japanese beach with a metal detector?
- Oona McGee
Sep 28, 2017
It’s amazing what you can unearth on a day out at the beach.
- Japan
- (beaches • experiment • metal detector • treasure • treasure hunt • weird)
Giant nipple squirts milk from U.F.O. in crazy Japanese commercial【Video】
- Oona McGee
Sep 27, 2017
Milk-giving alien cow nipple is everything we’ve come to love about ads in Japan.
- Japan
- (ads • commercials • funny • Japanese commercials • Kumamoto • LOL • milk • video • weird • wtf)
Sex doll sharing service shut down by Chinese authorities
- Oona McGee
Sep 26, 2017
Would you pay to share a love doll with strangers?
Can a woman have a good time at a Japanese love hotel on her own? Our reporter investigates
- Oona McGee
Sep 26, 2017
A relaxing Zen-like experience or a lonely, tear-inducing night surrounded by sex toys?
- Japan
- (accommodation • dating • hotels • love • love hotels • Meguro • romance • Tokyo)
Make Japanese food replicas at home with the 3-D Dream Arts Pen 【Pics】
- Oona McGee
Sep 25, 2017
You don’t have to stand outside restaurant windows to enjoy Japan’s amazing food displays — now you can recreate the delicious samples at home!
- Japan
- (3-D Dream Arts Pen • crafts • food • food replicas • food samples • ice cream • Mega House • Noodles • ramen • SNO • sushi)
Japanese sign uses the power of spirits to strike fear into passers-by and stop them from littering
- Oona McGee
Sep 22, 2017
Forget putting the fear of God into someone; this graveside sign calls on spirits to ensure people mind their manners.
- Japan
- (cemetaries • garbage • graves • littering • Naha • Okinawa • shinto • shrines • signs • streets • trash)
Studio Ghibli reveals new handmade clothing range with cute short anime film 【Video】
- Oona McGee
Sep 20, 2017
Jiji the cat and Totoro and friends feature on tops, pants, skirts, dresses and accessories in the collection.
- Japan
- (anime • anime characters • Anofuku • characters • clothing • cute • Daikanyama • fashion • Ghibli • Nakameguro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • Tsutaya)
Triumph lingerie company creates sake underwear using fabric made with Japanese rice wine
- Oona McGee
Sep 19, 2017
Finally! Wearable sake!
Japanese ninja, samurai and courtesans star in new Red Bull ad set in the Edo period 【Video】
- Oona McGee
Sep 18, 2017
Travel back in time to feudal Japan with an epic new clip featuring music by the Yoshida Brothers.
- Japan, USA
- (ads • commercials • Edo • Edo Wonderland • energy drinks • freerunning • Japanese commercials • Jason Paul • Ninja • Parkour • Red Bull • samurai • travel • Yoshida Brothers)
McDonald’s Japan adds cheese smoothie to their autumn menu
- Oona McGee
Sep 18, 2017
Fruit and cheese is a heavenly combination.
- Japan
- (autumn • cheese • drinks • fall • grape • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • smoothies)
Japan’s Unique Skin Girls bring their brightly coloured complexions out to the streets of Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Sep 18, 2017
The girls showed off the new underground fashion trend in one of the city’s most upmarket shopping streets.
- Japan
- (beautiful women • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • fashion • Harajuku • isshoku hada • makeup • Omotesando)
North Korea fires new missile over Japan, residents woken by government warning systems
- Oona McGee
Sep 15, 2017
Broadcasts warned residents not to touch parts of missile if found.
- Japan, North Korea
- (Em-Net • government • Hokkaido • J-Alert • Japanese Government • missiles • North Korea • Tohoku • warning systems)
Cat cafe train in Japan makes its inaugural run with rescue cats on board【Photos】
- Oona McGee
Sep 14, 2017
Fans of trains and felines enjoyed a trip with rescue cats recently, all for a good cause.
- Japan
- (animals • cat cafes • cats • Gifu • rescue cat cafe • rescue cats • trains)
What it’s like inside a $3,000 a night Japanese hotel room 【Video】
- Oona McGee
Sep 13, 2017
The palatial room can be found at a hotel that accommodates the Japanese Emperor on his travels.
- Japan
- (accommodation • Emperor • hotels • Imperial Family • Luxury • Miyagi • Sendai • tourism • travel)
Ed Sheeran invited to visit cat island in Japan with video from Japanese town
- Oona McGee
Sep 12, 2017
Cats from a Japanese cat island give their best performance in a music video designed to lure the famous musician to their shores.
- Japan
- (Ainoshima • Cat Island • cats • Ed Sheeran • Kyushu • music • travel • videos)
New Japanese Sake Kit Kat developed by esteemed brewery and famous soccer player
- Oona McGee
Sep 12, 2017
A high-class Kit Kat said to be a cut above Nestlé’s previous sake-flavoured release.
- Japan
- (chocolate • food • Hidetoshi Nakata • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kats • Nestle • Nestle Japan • sake • soccer • sweets • Toyama)
Learn Japanese schoolgirl vocabulary with new video from Line【Video】
- Oona McGee
Sep 11, 2017
NHK and swastikas don’t mean what you think they do anymore.
- Japan
- (Japanese language • Japanese schoolgirls • JK • line • schoolgirls • trends • vocabulary)
Katy Perry appears in Japanese commercial for Laundrin’ 【Video】
- Oona McGee
Sep 10, 2017
The singer strips off to show her appreciation for room scents and fabric softeners.
- Japan
- (ads • COK • Japanese commercials • Katy Perry • Laundrin • music • video)
Korean women go crazy for facelift tape beauty trend 【Video】
- Oona McGee
Sep 8, 2017
It’s a facelift in a box!
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