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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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Studio Ghibli releases new Panda! Go, Panda! goods for New Year

• Oona McGee
  Dec 15, 2024
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Putting an anime twist on the traditional Japanese celebration, with adorable character details.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Japanese New Year • kagami mochi • merchandise • new year • Panda Kopanda • Panda! Go Panda! • plushies • shop • Studio Ghibli • tradition)

Starbucks Japan gifts us with the Matcha Classic Green Tea Latte for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Dec 14, 2024

A final offering from the green mermaid for 2024.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas 2024 • drinks • green tea • latte • limited edition • matcha • matcha latte • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

American tourists give us their opinion on the new Icee slushie drinks in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Dec 13, 2024

We find out if the new Icees really taste the same in Japan as they do in the U.S.

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• (cinemas • COK • drinks • Icee • movies • new release • review • slurpees • slushies • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Toho Cinemas • Tokyo • tourists)

Studio Ghibli tea blends contain ingredients inspired by My Neighbour Totoro

• Oona McGee
  Dec 12, 2024

Totoro brings a splash of anime magic to teatime.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • shop • Studio Ghibli • tea • Totoro)

Ghibli Museum coffee now available to purchase online

• Oona McGee
  Dec 11, 2024

Exclusive Studio Ghibli blend, crafted with the help of a Kyoto coffee specialist.

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• Japan
• (anime • cafe • coffee • Ghibli Museum • museums • shop • Straw Hat Cafe • Studio Ghibli)

Studio Ghibli coasters keep your drinks hot and your heart warm this winter

• Oona McGee
  Dec 10, 2024

Drink in the beauty of these beloved anime characters.

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• Japan
• (anime • Calcifer • coasters • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Howl's Moving Castle • Kiki's Delivery Service • kitchen goods • My Neighbor Totoro • shop • Studio Ghibli • tableware • Totoro)

Drink hot sake at Tokyo train station’s “phantom platform”

• Oona McGee
  Dec 9, 2024

A special winter drinking event you won’t want to miss.

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• Japan
• (atsukan • COK • cool • events • food • hot sake • izakaya • Japanese food • Japanese sake • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • oden • restaurants • Ryogoku • Ryogoku Station • sake • Tokyo • train stations • trains • unique • unusual • winter)

Ghibli Park takes us behind the scenes of its making with a special movie release

• Oona McGee
  Dec 7, 2024

A look at one of the crowning achievements of Studio Ghibli.

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• Japan
• (anime • Blu-ray • DVD • Ghibli • Ghibli Park • Goro Miyazaki • Hayao Miyazaki • Studio Ghibli • video • videos)

Studio Ghibli releases new Totoro and Jiji hourglass timers in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Dec 7, 2024

Keeping time, anime style.

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• Japan
• (anime • dioramas • Donguri Kyowakoku • hourglass • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • My Neighbor Totoro • shop • Studio Ghibli • timer • Totoro)

Studio Ghibli store has a secret Donguri Bank account that rewards you for collecting real acorns

• Oona McGee
  Dec 6, 2024

Totoro is hungry for acorns, and it’s all for a good cause.

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• Japan
• (acorns • anime • cute • Donguri Bank • Donguri Kyowakoku • environment • Ghibli • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • nature • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Travel to a Japanese convenience store at an active volcano

• Oona McGee
  Dec 5, 2024

It’s a Lawson, but not as we know it…

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience stores • Family mart • island • Japanese convenience stores • Kagoshima • konbini • Lawson • Sakurajima • SNJO • travel • volcano)

New Totoro and Spirited Away Christmas cakes let you taste the anime magic of Studio Ghibli

• Oona McGee
  Dec 5, 2024

Spirit yourself away to a Japanese Christmas.

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• Japan
• (anime • cake • cakes • Cheesecake • Christmas • Christmas 2025 • Christmas cake • cookies • cream puffs • food • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • Shirohige's Cream Puff Factory • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • sweets • Totoro)

Looking for a Japanese convenience store souvenir? Seicomart has a legendary hit product for fans

• Oona McGee
  Dec 4, 2024

Wear your love for this famous chain loud and proud.

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• Japan
• (clothing • COK • combini • convenience store finds • convenience stores • fashion • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese sweets • konbini • Seicomart • SNJO • souvenirs)

Studio Ghibli heroine cardigans give you warmth and strength to face everyday challenges

• Oona McGee
  Dec 4, 2024

Like receiving a warm embrace from an anime heroine.

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• Japan
• (anime • cardigans • clothes • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • shop • Studio Ghibli • whisper of the heart)

Studio Ghibli releases traditional New Year decorations with My Neighbour Totoro characters

• Oona McGee
  Dec 3, 2024

Putting an anime twist on Japanese holiday traditions.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Japanese New Year • Kiki's Delivery Service • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • new year • New Year 2025 • New Year's • New Year's 2025 • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Taking revenge on Starbucks in Japan with 10,000 yen at the Reserve Roastery Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Dec 1, 2024

Risky revenge visit leaves us with some newfound revelations.

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• Japan
• (COK • desserts • drinks • fukubukuro • limited edition • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2025 • Reserve Roastery Tokyo • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo • sweets • taste test)

Studio Ghibli adds a Spirited Away jewellery box to its merchandise range in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 30, 2024

No Face pulls at the heartstrings in this sad-but-sweet product.

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• Japan
• (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • jewellery • jewellery box • jewelry • No Face • shop • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

McDonald’s Japan’s Gurakoro burger faces a giant rival in Komeda’s Gurakuro

• Oona McGee
  Nov 29, 2024

Gurakoro vs Gurakuro proves the McDonald’s registered trademark can only go so far.
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• Japan
• (COK • croquette • fast food • food • gratin • Gurakoro • Gurakuro • Komeda • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • news • SNJO • taste test)

Lucky accommodation plan in Japan includes shrine visit and onsen hot spring inn stay

• Oona McGee
  Nov 26, 2024

A once-in-a-lifetime experience at the birthplace of Japanese mythology.
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• Japan
• (accommodation • COK • culture • inn • Kagoshima • Kirishima • Kirishima Jingu • Kirishima Shrine • onsen • shrines • stay • tourism • tradition • travel • unique)

Do cold noodles from a Japanese vending machine fill us with joy or regret?

• Oona McGee
  Nov 24, 2024

Find out if Morioka Reimen is a famous specialty worth canning.

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• Japan
• (canned food • canned noodles • COK • cold noodles • crazy • food • Iwate • Japanese vending machines • Morioka • Noodles • ramen • ramen in a can • reimen • SNJO • taste test • vending machines • weird)

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