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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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Lindt Japan brings out matcha iced drinks for a limited time

Oona McGee
Mar 26, 2016
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It’s the closest thing yet to a green tea-flavoured Lindor ball.

Food & Drink, Japan
(chocolate • drinks • green tea • Lindt • matcha • sweets)

New cafe in Japan serves up salads in the form of gorgeous colourful cakes

Oona McGee
Mar 25, 2016

Complete with pretty layers of vegetables, you won’t ever have to feel guilty about eating these slices of “cake.”

Food & Drink, Japan
(cafes • cakes • cool • cute • food • restaurants • salad)

Kyoto tea store collaborates with local winemaker to create deliciously green matcha white wine

Oona McGee
Mar 24, 2016

The green white wine is part of a range of matcha-based alcoholic beverages which include chocolate liqueur, Japanese sake and umeshu plum wine.

Food & Drink, Japan
(cocktails • green tea • Kyoto • liquer • liqueur • matcha • sake • umeshu • wine)

McDonald’s Japan releases brand new Matcha McFlurry for a limited time

Oona McGee
Mar 23, 2016

The new McFlurry comes filled with traditional Japanese flavours.

Food & Drink, Japan
(adzuki • green tea • ice cream • matcha • McDonald's • McFlurry • sweets)

Lola’s Cupcakes and Magnolia Bakery bring out sakura cupcakes in Japan for a limited time

Oona McGee
Mar 22, 2016

Famous bakeries from London and New York create limited edition cherry blossom cupcakes just for Japan.

Food & Drink, Japan
(cherry blossom • cupcakes • Harajuku • LOLA'S cupcakes • Magnolia Bakery • Omotesando • sakura • sweets • taste test)

Nestlé Japan releases new green tea Kit Kats as part of their “I LOVE TEA” series

Oona McGee
Mar 22, 2016

Matcha Kit Kat lovers can now enjoy more green tea chocolate options.

Food & Drink, Japan
(chocolate • green tea • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kat • matcha • Nestle Japan • sweets)

We try Krispy Kreme Japan’s new Easter doughnuts ahead of their release on March 23

Oona McGee
Mar 18, 2016

Why have chocolate eggs this year when you can have adorable Easter doughnuts instead?

Japan
(donuts • doughnuts • Krispy Kreme • sweets • taste test)

Japanese company creates stunning line of caps made from real kimono fabrics

Oona McGee
Mar 16, 2016

Beautiful kimono and obi sashes are transformed into caps in this impressive new range of Japanese streetwear.

Japan
(caps • cool • cute • fashion • hats • kimono • obi)

New cat stamps from Japan give you a cute kitty emoji for any occasion

Oona McGee
Mar 15, 2016

Because the best way to express your thoughts is through kittens with wide-eyed faces and playful poses.

Japan
(animals • cats • cute • Felissimo • pets • Rinrin Yamano • stamps • stationery)

New granola flavours from Japan include matcha green tea and corn soup with real bacon pieces

Oona McGee
Mar 14, 2016

Popular Japanese granola brand releases new series of flavours with some surprisingly delicious ingredients.

Food & Drink, Japan
(breakfast • cereal • cool • granola • green tea • matcha • taste test)

We try the sakura macaron and cherry blossom iced drink from Lindt Japan

Oona McGee
Mar 12, 2016

Lindt blends its signature chocolate flavour with sakura and pairs it with a delicious macaron for the cherry blossom-viewing season.

Food & Drink, Japan
(cafes • cherry blossoms • chocolate • Lindt • macarons • sakura • sweets • taste test)

Cats made out of bread bag clips—the pointless but undeniably cute Japanese Twitter trend

Oona McGee
Mar 11, 2016

Need a new desk buddy? There’s one just a fold and a doodle away!

Cats, Cute, Japan
(animals • art • bread • cats • cool • cute • cute animals • design • dogs • twitter)

Traditional Japanese washi paper features Totoro and friends in 20 beautiful seasonal scenes

Oona McGee
Mar 10, 2016

Whether you’re into origami, scrapbooking or decorating, these Japanese papers will bring the magic of Studio Ghibli to all your favourite projects.

Anime & Manga, Cute, Japan
(anime • cool • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • origami • paper • Studio Ghibli • washi)

New capsule toy collection features military commander samurai armour from the Sengoku Period

Oona McGee
Mar 9, 2016

Historically accurate replicas of samurai helmets and armour will soon be coming to vending machines at castles around the country.

Japan
(armour • Bandai • Bushido • figurines • gacha • samurai • Tokugawa • warriors)

We try the delicious new Japan-only sakura Pepsi【Taste test】

Oona McGee
Mar 8, 2016

It turns out that Cherry blossom Pepsi tastes as lovely as it looks.

Food & Drink, Japan
(cherry blossoms • Cola • drinks • Japan news • pepsi • sakura • Sakura Pepsi • soft drinks • taste test)

Sakura-flavoured cherry blossom cronuts on sale at Dominique Ansel Bakery for one month only

Oona McGee
Mar 8, 2016

The creator of the world-famous cronut celebrates spring with a delicious sakura-topped cherry blossom edition.

Japan
(cherry blossoms • cronut • Dominique Ansel • donuts • doughnuts • pastry • sakura • sweets)

Lexus creates $1,350 luxury randoseru Japanese backpack with material from its iconic sports car

Oona McGee
Mar 7, 2016

Start the school year right: by packing your pencils and books into the comfort of a sports car backpack.

Japan
(backpack • bags • fashion • Lexus • randoseru • school • sports car)

Samurai parkas for men feature traditional washi Japanese paper details

Oona McGee
Mar 7, 2016

Release your bushido spirit with this stunning new lineup of traditional outfits made for today’s modern man.

Japan
(fashion • hoodies • jackets • kimono • Kyoto • parkas • samurai • washi)

Dogs photograph their owners with beautiful, heartwarming results

Oona McGee
Mar 6, 2016

These owners were in for a happy surprise when they discovered their dogs were their photographers in this professional studio photo shoot.