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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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New whisky Koeda chocolates from Morinaga: almost as strong as light beer, much more delicious

Oona McGee
Feb 22, 2016
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We feel the effects of 3.1% alcohol just by eating a pack of the new premium range of chocolate “twigs”.

Food & Drink, Japan
(alcohol • chocolate • chu-hi • J-Snacks • Koeda • Morinaga • sweets • taste test • Whiskey • whisky)

Cute cats and sakura cherry blossoms meet for a deliciously sweet collaboration

Oona McGee
Feb 22, 2016

Kittens and their paw prints will be blossoming at Tokyo Skytree for a limited time this spring.

Cats, China, Food & Drink, Japan
(cakes • cats • cherry blossom • cute. cats • pastries • sakura • sweets • Tokyo Skytree)

Kit Kat Green Tea Ice Cream spotted in the wild, but it’s not available in Japan

Oona McGee
Feb 20, 2016

It looks like it belongs in Japan, but it’s another Asian country that’s laid claim to the delicious-looking sweet.

Food & Drink, Japan, SE Asia
(chocolate • desserts • green tea • ice cream • Kit Kat • matcha • Nestle • sweets)

Enjoy the taste of Japanese vocaloid Hatsune Miku with new Angel Pie sweets from Morinaga

Oona McGee
Feb 19, 2016

These delicious-looking cream-filled sweets take sound bites to a whole new level.

Food & Drink, Japan
(anime • characters • chocolate • cool • cosplay • cute • Hatsune Miku • manga • Morinaga • sweets • Vocaloid)

Japanese Twitter user illustrates the difference between schoolgirl uniforms in major cities

Oona McGee
Feb 19, 2016

According to the artist, Tokyo and Niigata compete for the shortest skirt of all.

Japan
(anime • cute • cute girls • japanese schoolgirl • JK • manga • School Uniforms • schoolgirls)

Cosplay in red, white, and blue with shoes and button-up socks fit for an anime star

Oona McGee
Feb 19, 2016

Cosplaying has never been easier with these ready-made collared shirt socks and matching platform wedges.

Japan
(anime • cosplay • Detective Conan • fashion • manga • shoes)

Anna Sui x Sailor Moon collaboration sparkles with stunning bags, jewellery and hair accessories

Oona McGee
Feb 18, 2016

The limited-edition collaboration for 2016 includes bags, coin cases, pendants, bracelets, earrings, brooches and hair barrettes featuring transformation items and popular motifs from the series.

Japan
(accessories • anime • Anna Sui • bags • fashion • jewellery • jewelry • manga • Sailor Moon)

Dress like a cute cat while cuddling a real one with new colors for Japan’s kitty pouch jumpsuits

Oona McGee
Feb 18, 2016

Whoever said cats and their owners look alike could not have anticipated a closeness like this.

Japan
(cats • cute • fashion • jumpsuit • pets • weird)

Kyoto book cafe serves up cute cat parfaits in traditional Japanese machiya townhouse

Oona McGee
Feb 18, 2016

Now you can enjoy all the delights of a cat-shaped dessert while immersed in the traditional culture of Kyoto.

Cats, Cute, Japan
(cafe • cats • cute • cute. cats • ice cream • Kyoto • machiya • parfait • sweets)

Sakura cherry blossoms and a Japanese-style great wave feature on new sneakers from Saucony

Oona McGee
Feb 17, 2016

Step into spring with a little help from some iconic Japanese imagery.

Japan, USA
(cherry blossoms • cool • fashion • sakura • Saucony • shoes • sneakers)

Cosplay as a sweets-loving Hatsune Miku with new range of clothes and fashion accessories

Oona McGee
Feb 17, 2016

Let your sweet tooth run wild with this new take on famous Japanese vocaloid Hatsune Miku.

Japan
(cosplay • fashion • Hatsune Miku • jewellery • jewelry)

Man creates a glorious garden of scented flowers to make his blind wife smile again

Oona McGee
Feb 16, 2016

This elderly couple turned their sad future around with the beauty of flowers and now thousands of people visit them when their garden blooms each year.