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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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Grimace frightens schoolgirls, rides a Japanese train as the cult shake arrives at McDonald’s Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 24, 2024
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Will the viral #grimaceshake trend catch on in Japan?

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• (burgers • commercials • drinks • fast food • food • Grimace • Grimace Shake • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McShake • milkshake • shake • shakes)

Starbucks releases a tiny Matcha Frappuccino as part of new miniatures collection in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 24, 2024

Small in scale but big on cuteness.

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• (cool • cute • desserts • drinks • Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • matcha • matcha frappuccino • miniatures • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets)

What 1,000 yen can get you at McDonald’s in Japan right now

• Oona McGee
  Oct 23, 2024

Puppy pies are waiting to take you on a taste adventure.

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• (animals • art • COK • cute • design • desserts • dogs • fast food • food • haruka takagi • Kawaii • limited edition • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • pets • pies • Sankaku Choco Pies • Shiba Inu • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

7-Eleven releases a secret Cafe Latte Smoothie at select stores in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 23, 2024

A new discovery that’s taking customers totally by surprise.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • cafe latte • coffee • coffees • COK • combini • convenience stores • drinks • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Mr. Sato • smoothie • smoothies • SNJO • taste test)

Starbucks Japan’s new Crackly Trick Halloween topping transforms any Frappuccino

• Oona McGee
  Oct 21, 2024

Now any beverage can dress up in costume for Halloween. 

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• (autumn • COK • desserts • drinks • Frappuccino • halloween • Halloween 2024 • Japanese Frappuccino • K. Masami • limited edition • popping candy • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test)

Studio Ghibli releases new mug tumblers featuring anime movie characters

• Oona McGee
  Oct 21, 2024

Share a drink with some of the studio’s most famous faces.

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• (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • drinks • Ghibli • Kiki's Delivery Service • mugs • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • Porco Rosso • shopping • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • tumblers)

Studio Ghibli releases new “Butterflies in the Forest” Totoro towels

• Oona McGee
  Oct 20, 2024

Add a splash of anime magic to your bathroom.

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• (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • shopping • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • towels)

Meet the kind Japanese grandpa who takes photos for tourists at the Hachiko statue in Shibuya

• Oona McGee
  Oct 19, 2024

Inspiring individual makes a great impression on foreign tourists.

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• (COK • Hachiko • Hachiko statue • interview • Japanese people • ojiisan • photos • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • Shibuya Station • SNJO • society • Tokyo • tourism • tourist site • tourist sites • tourists)

Starbucks Japan adds new Pachi-Pachi Trick customisation to its Halloween Frappuccino

• Oona McGee
  Oct 18, 2024

Why choose between trick or treat when you can have them both at Starbucks?

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• (drinks • Frappuccinos • Frappucinos • halloween • Halloween 2024 • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

New McDonald’s Shiba Inu pie packaging wows customers in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 16, 2024

Puppy pies add a dash of cuteness to the menu this autumn.

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• (animals • art • cute • design • desserts • dogs • fast food • food • Kawaii • limited edition • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • pets • pies • Sankaku Choco Pies • Shiba Inu • sweets)

Japan has a smartphone blanket so good it’s called the “blanket that ruins people”

• Oona McGee
  Oct 16, 2024

Nitori wants to keep us scrolling in bed all winter.

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• (bedding • beds • blankets • interior • news • Nitori • sheets • shop • shopping • sleep • wearable blanket • winter)

Adult Jam Bread causes a stir at store in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Oct 16, 2024

Taking the word “adult” to its limits. 

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• (bread • breads • COK • food • Ginza • jam bread • Japanese bread • SNJO • stores • sweet bread • sweets • taste test • Tokyo)

Tokaido Shinkansen Sushi Journey Bento takes your taste buds on a trip from Tokyo to Osaka

• Oona McGee
  Oct 15, 2024

Bullet train travel gets a tasty new ekiben upgrade.

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• (bento • bullet train • COK • Ekiben • food • japanese snacks • Japanese trains • shinkansen • snacks • SNJO • sushi • Tokaido Shinkansen • tourism • train • train travel • trains • travel)

Japanese convenience store chain releases new Immoral Konbini Food for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Oct 14, 2024

We try two of the unbelievable new offerings from Family Mart.

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• (COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • drinks • Family mart • food • Gonbei • konbini • omusubi • onigiri • restaurants • rice balls • SNJO • taste test)

Tsukemen ramen restaurant becomes a hit with foreign tourists in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Oct 13, 2024

Dipping noodles are all the rage with visitors to Japan.

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• (COK • food • foreign tourists • Ginza • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Tsujita • tsukemen)

Is Starbucks Japan’s new Halloween Frappuccino really like drinking a magical spell?

• Oona McGee
  Oct 12, 2024

Baristas are casting spells on Starbucks drinks so we find out if we can resist their charms…

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• (autumn • cafes • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • halloween • Halloween 2024 • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • seasonal • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

Studio Ghibli releases new Howl’s Moving Castle goods that capture the magic from the anime movie

• Oona McGee
  Oct 12, 2024

Calcifer and the spinning door dial are here to impress, with frypan bags that’ll turn heads everywhere you go.

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• (accessories • anime • bags • Calcifer • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • Ghibli • Howl's Moving Castle • Studio Ghibli)

Starbucks Japan reveals new Halloween goods for 2024, with black cats and a costumed Bearista

• Oona McGee
  Oct 11, 2024

Halloween Magic collection includes colour-changing mugs and tumblers that you won’t want to miss.

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• (Bearista • cups • cute • drinkware • halloween • Halloween 2024 • limited edition • mugs • plush toys • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Japan tumbler • Starbucks limited edition • tumblers)

Starbucks Japan unveils Halloween Frappuccino for 2024, and it’s like drinking a magic spell

• Oona McGee
  Oct 11, 2024

Limited-edition beverage will whisk you away to a magical fire Halloween.

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• (COK • dessert • drinks • Frappuccino • halloween • Halloween 2024 • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets)

Japanese convenience store releases a new bento sandwich, but is it better than a bento rice ball?

• Oona McGee
  Oct 10, 2024

“Built-in” bentos are currently transforming the konbini food scene.

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• (bento • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Japanese sandwiches • konbini • Lawson • onigiri • restaurants • rice balls • sandwiches • SNJO • taste test)

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