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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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Japanese noodle lovers go crazy for tank-shaped pork ramen served up at … a convenience store!

Oona McGee
Sep 14, 2016
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There’s so much to love about this surprising ramen dish.

Japan
(combini • conbini • convenience stores • cool • food • Girls und Panzer • meat • meat lovers • Noodles • pork • ramen • restaurants • tank • Tank ramen • tanks)

We visited the awesome Ninja Trick House in Tokyo!

Oona McGee
Sep 14, 2016

Use a Japanese sword and throw shuriken stars like a ninja for less than ten bucks in the heart of Tokyo!

Japan
(experiences • Kabukicho • Ninja • Sengoku • shinjuku • shuriken • swords • Tokyo • tourism • tourists)

We try the new Krispy Kreme Halloween doughnuts before their official release!

Oona McGee
Sep 13, 2016

From a melon soda monster to a mummy filled with purple ooze, these awesome new designs and flavours make this range one of their best releases yet!

Japan
(donuts • doughnuts • halloween • Krispy Kreme • limited edition • sweets • taste test)

Popular Japanese Instagram cat inspires a stylish shoe collection

Oona McGee
Sep 13, 2016

Some cats are cute enough to be models, while others are so beloved they get to have their very own shoe collection.

Japan
(animals • awww • cats • cute • cute pets • cute. cats • fashion • Instagram • pets • shoes)

Social media users in Japan gripped by the mysterious case of the frog-shaped hole in concrete

Oona McGee
Sep 13, 2016

Japanese Twitter users weigh in with their thoughts on the bizarre print and the fate of the frog who made it.

Japan
(animals • concrete • Construction • frogs • mystery • photos • twitter • weird)

Sleep with anime stars at this Akihabara capsule hotel for women

Oona McGee
Sep 13, 2016

The new hotel caters to the desires of anime fans with a series of intimate capsules.

Japan
(accommodation • Akihabara • Akihabara Bay Hotel • anime • capsule hotel • King of Prism • manga • tourism • travel)

Japanese Idolmaster anime girls take over Shinjuku Station in Tokyo

Oona McGee
Sep 12, 2016

Shinjuku Station has been transformed for a limited time with anime girls on pylons and stages and huge animated digital LED displays!

Japan
(anime • anime characters • anime girs • cool • cute • gamers • games • gaming • Idolmaster • mobile games • shinjuku • Shinjuku Station • wow)

Japanese high school girl Saya returns to blow everyone away with her new look for 2016

Oona McGee
Sep 12, 2016

After revealing her big secret last year, the popular schoolgirl is back and she’s undergone some impressive improvements.

Japan
(3D • 3D model • 3DCG • art • CG • CGI • computer graphics • graphic art • Saya • schoolgirl)

New Japanese Pokémon rings feature silver Venusaur, Blastoise and Charizard designs

Oona McGee
Sep 10, 2016

Catching monsters in Pokémon Go is much more fun with a mighty Pokémon on your finger!

Japan
(accessories • cute • fashion • jewellery • jewelry • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • rings)

Japanese craftsman creates legendary tweezers in the shape of shields and swords

Oona McGee
Sep 10, 2016

Attack unruly hairs like an RPG character with beautiful battle-worthy equipment!

Japan
(anime • cool • gamers • games • gaming • manga • metalworking • shields • swords • tweezers)

Breathtaking Japanese moss garden cafe is like a real-life setting for a Studio Ghibli anime film

Oona McGee
Sep 9, 2016

With amazing outdoor eating spaces set on moss-covered grounds in the middle of the woods, this is a secret haven for lovers of nature and Studio Ghibli.