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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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Cute Instagram cat teaches us about Japanese culture with hilarious cosplay photo collection
- Oona McGee
Apr 6, 2017 - Tweet
Bow down to your new furry sensei.
- Japan
- (animals • cats • Cats of Instagram • cute • cute. cats • festivals • food • Instagram • Japanese culture • Japanese food • pets)
Starbucks Japan brings out new American Cherry Pie Frappuccino
- Oona McGee
Apr 5, 2017
The amazing new beverage is set to provide customers with a whole new drinking experience.
- Japan
- (coffee • cool • drinks • Frappuccino • limited edition • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)
Totoro and friends come out to play as cute new Studio Ghibli toys
- Oona McGee
Apr 5, 2017
The wind-up toys feature adorable movements designed to bring a smile to everybody’s faces.
- Japan
- (anime • cute • Ghibli • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Donald Trump fronts Twitter ads on Japan’s rail network【Photos】
- Oona McGee
Apr 4, 2017
Written entirely in Japanese and without any English text, foreign visitors are wondering what on earth these ads mean.
- Japan, USA
- (ads • advertising • Donald Trump • Japanese trains • marketing • train stations • trains • twitter)
Starbucks Japan now has matcha pudding on the menu
- Oona McGee
Apr 3, 2017
People around the country are falling in love with the exciting new release.
- Japan
- (green tea • limited edition • matcha • pudding • purin • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets)
Japanese hanami lovers reveal the top ten things to bring on a cherry blossom viewing picnic
- Oona McGee
Apr 3, 2017
Enjoy a sakura party like an experienced local with these ten handy essentials.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • hanami • picnics • sakura)
Sakura 2017: The best places to see cherry blossoms in Japan
- Oona McGee
Apr 2, 2017
Enjoy the best of the cherry blossom viewing season with this list of the top spots to see sakura around the country.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • hanami • sakura • sightseeing • tourism • tourist spots • travel)
Heartwarming video captures the emotion of last day at work for a Japanese rail station employee
- Oona McGee
Mar 31, 2017
The story of the Akihabara stationmaster is bringing tears to the eyes of commuters around the country.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Boss coffee • heartwarming • moving • retirement • subways • Tokyo Metro • touching • trains • videos)
Shin Godzilla visual effects team creates new monster video for Japanese tourism campaign【Video】
- Oona McGee
Mar 30, 2017
A fearsome giant is no match for a powerful travel spot in this impressive video.
- Japan
- (cool • Godzilla • kaiju • Kanmon Straits • Kyushu • monsters • Shin Godzilla • tourism • travel • video • wow)
Enjoy the beauty of sakura cherry blossoms at new onsen hanami event in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Mar 30, 2017
One of the most magical events of the season combines traditional bathing with the iconic blossoms of spring.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • cool • hanami • hot springs • odaiba • Oedo Onsen Monogatari • onsen • sakura • Tokyo)
Latest Japanese lifehack shows how to store exercise balls … with nothing but a corner ceiling
- Oona McGee
Mar 29, 2017
It might look like magic, but these balls can actually be stored in the ceiling without the use of any racks, hooks or netting.
- Japan
- (cool • crazy • exercise • exercise ball • exercise equipment • Japanese homes • lifehack • weird)
Kyoto University students let loose at cosplay graduation ceremony【Photos】
- Oona McGee
Mar 29, 2017
From beer bottles to Pokémon and short-skirted anime girls, these Japanese students know how to celebrate their last day at university.
- Japan
- (cosplay • crazy • funny • graduation • graduation ceremony • Kyoto • Kyoto University • students)
Yu-Gi-Oh! outbreak turns heads in Shibuya
- Oona McGee
Mar 27, 2017
Because nothing catches people’s attention like a crowd of spiky-haired students strutting around en masse.
- Japan
- (anime • cosplay • manga • marketing • promotions • Shibuya • video games • Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Brain Gymnastics Quiz: Move one matchstick to create the name of a Japanese Prefecture
- Oona McGee
Mar 27, 2017
Find out how you can create the name of a prefecture simply by moving just one of these matchsticks.
- Japan
- (Japanese • Japanese language • kanji • Katakana • learning japanese • prefectures • quiz)
Cosplayers come out to play for Anime Japan 2017 convention in Tokyo【Photos】
- Oona McGee
Mar 27, 2017
Schoolgirls, demons and anthropomorphised characters show us their best side at this year’s event dedicated to all things anime.
- Japan
- (anime • Anime Japan • cosplay • cosplay conventions • cosplayers • manga • video games)
Sayonara Quarter Pounder: McDonald’s Japan takes iconic burger off its menu
- Oona McGee
Mar 26, 2017
Japanese customers took to social media to let us know how they felt about the announcement.
Starbucks Japan brings out Shaken Apple Green Tea for a limited time
- Oona McGee
Mar 24, 2017
We try the delectable new drink that’s so exclusive it’s only available in four of the country’s prefectures.
New Studio Ghibli tea collection includes tea sourced from Totoro’s real-life forest in Japan!
- Oona McGee
Mar 24, 2017
Now you can enjoy the flavours of some well-known characters from the acclaimed animation studio.
- Japan
- (anime • cute • Ghibli • Kiki's Delivery Service • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • tea • Totoro)
Send a free drink to a friend with Japan’s newest coinless vending machines【Video】
- Oona McGee
Mar 23, 2017
We try out the new system at a high-tech digital vending machine in Tokyo.
- Japan
- (apps • cool • drinks • Shinjuku Station • Smartphones • technology • Tokyo • vending machines)
Tiny house in Japanese woods is the getaway we’d love to escape to【Video】
- Oona McGee
Mar 21, 2017
A getaway home becomes a family home, with a young father who says his ties to family are stronger thanks to downsized living.
- Japan
- (architecture • cabins • nature • tiny homes • tiny house • tiny house movement • tiny houses)
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