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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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Delve into Japanese lesbian manga with new book “The Introduction to the World of Yuri”

• Oona McGee
  Oct 26, 2016
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New book introduces 140 titles from the yuri genre that explore the topic of lesbian love.

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• Japan
• (anime • Girls' Love • manga • romance • women • yuri)

Japanese man astounds Internet by levitating paper cup and cigarette in mid-air【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 26, 2016

We’ve watched the clip a dozen times and we still can’t tell how the trick was performed.

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• Japan
• (magic • magician • smoking • twitter • video • weird)

Japan’s latest must-try ice cream is available from … the local convenience store!

• Oona McGee
  Oct 25, 2016

This premium ice cream is designed to look like the vegetable from which it’s made, but that’s just one of its many attractive qualities.

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• Japan
• (convenience stores • food • ice cream • Ministop • sweet potato • sweets)

Cosplay in the pool with a swimming costume from popular anime High School Fleet

• Oona McGee
  Oct 24, 2016

The cute swimming outfit from the series has walked out of the anime and into our real-life world!

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• Japan
• (anime • cosplay • High School Fleet • schoolgirls • swimming costumes • swimsuits)

Love Live! fan visits Mari’s room inside Awashima Hotel, finds anime details exist in real life!

• Oona McGee
  Oct 21, 2016

This fan’s pilgrimage to the anime’s real-world location was captured in a series of gorgeous side-by-side comparisons.

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• Japan
• (anime • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • travel)

Japanese company makes jewellery from voices

• Oona McGee
  Oct 20, 2016

Whether you’re in love with your partner or an anime star, now you can capture their vocals forever with some very personal jewellery.

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• Japan
• (cool • fashion • jewellery • jewelry • music • rings)

Starbucks Japan reveals holiday season drinkware and Christmas Frappuccinos

• Oona McGee
  Oct 19, 2016

For Starbucks fans in Japan, this truly is the season to be jolly.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • coffee • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Starbucks)

Cute cat’s amazing “combat power” melts hearts online

• Oona McGee
  Oct 19, 2016

This is the most adorable black cat “battle” we’ve ever seen!

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• Japan
• (animals • awww • black cats • cat videos • cats • cute • cute pets • cute. cats • LOL • pets)

Scientific study from Japan proves ninja hand gestures sharpen the mind and reduce stress

• Oona McGee
  Oct 18, 2016

Next time you’re feeling stressed, act like a ninja and perform these nine simple hand signals.

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• Japan
• (Buddhism • cool • experiments • Kuji Kiri • meditation • Mie • Ninja • Ninjutsu • reiki • science • shinobi • stress • stress relief)

Japanese gamer shares PlayStation VR experience at virtual anime idol concert

• Oona McGee
  Oct 17, 2016

Take a look at what it’s like to be a jumping, chanting, glowstick-waving fan at a virtual reality idol concert in Japan!

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• Japan
• (Cinderella Girls • concerts • gamers • games • gaming • girls • Idols • playstation • PlayStation VR • PSVR • The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls • VR)

The wasabi you eat probably isn’t wasabi, according to new video from Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 17, 2016

With beautiful images of pristine Japanese countryside, this clip explains why real wasabi is hard to find.

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• Japan
• (culture • farming • food • Japanese cuisine • Nagano • tourism • tourist site • tradition • travel • videos • wasabi)

Japanese high school student shows how to recreate cute hairstyle from hit anime Your Name

• Oona McGee
  Oct 17, 2016

Because there’s nobody better to show us how to style our hair like an animated high school girl than a real-life high school girl.

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• Japan
• (anime • cosplay • cute • fashion • hair • hair styles • high school • high school girl • high school student • how to • Makoto Shinkai • video tutorial • videos • your name.)

We try the new Sanrio character McFlurry from McDonald’s Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 17, 2016

Come with us as we bite into Pompompurin!

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• Japan
• (characters • cute • desserts • fast food • food • ice cream • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McFlurry • pom pom purin • Pompompurin • sweets • taste test)

Cosplay like an angelic student in a winged Japanese schoolgirl uniform

• Oona McGee
  Oct 17, 2016

With two colours to choose from, this is the most unique sailor uniform we’ve ever seen!

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• Japan
• (cosplay • costumes • cute • funny • halloween • high school • Japanese girls • japanese schoolgirl • sailor suit • sailor uniform • school • School Uniforms • schoolgirl • students)

Internet falls in love with cat’s first-ever encounter with carpet

• Oona McGee
  Oct 17, 2016

For this sweet kitty, the texture and colours of the strange new floor covering are too much to handle!

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• Japan
• (animals • awww • cat videos • cats • cute • cute pets • cute. cats • funny • LOL • pets • video)

Human plays dead on floor, is quickly revived by affectionate puppy kisses 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 16, 2016

This cute clip is a perfect display of puppy love!

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• Japan
• (animals • corgis • cute • dogs • funny • pets • puppies • video)

Dress up your feet with plastic fake food replicas from Japan!

• Oona McGee
  Oct 16, 2016

Passers-by will be salivating over your delicious-looking footwear.

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• Japan
• (accessories • cute • fake food • fashion • food samples • funny • replica food • shoes • weird)

Japanese company creates range of stylish outfits for modern day samurai

• Oona McGee
  Oct 15, 2016

Traditional fashion meets contemporary cool in a variety of eye-catching fabrics and patterns.

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• Japan
• (cool • fashion • hakama • kimono • samurai • Wazigen Shizukuya)

Customer discovers portion of human thumb in ramen at noodle restaurant chain in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 14, 2016

This is not the type of meat you want to find in your noodles.

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• Japan
• (food • gross • Noodles • ramen • scandal • scary)

Slice into a traditional sweet range with some of Japan’s most famous swords

• Oona McGee
  Oct 14, 2016

The beautifully designed metal replicas are modelled on real-life weapons that come with amazing historical stories. 

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Katana • mobile games • samurai • sweets • swords • Touken Ranbu • video games • Yokan)

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