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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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Candy apple cafe is an oasis in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station dungeon

• Oona McGee
  Aug 17, 2024
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A new place to revive and replenish your energy levels.

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• Japan
• (apples • cafes • candied apples • candy apples • COK • cool • drinks • fruit • shinjuku • Shinjuku Station • shopping • SNJO • stations • sweets • trains)

New Famicom game cartridge business card holders from Sega Plaza cause a stir in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Aug 16, 2024

Sega serves up Nintendo nostalgia with five classic games, but they won’t be easy to get.

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• Japan
• (business cards • card cases • cool • crane game prixe • famicom • Family Computer • nintendo • Nintendo Lego • Sega • Sega Plaza • Super Mario • Super Mario World • toys • video games)

McDonald’s Japan’s new Pokémon Happy Meal toys are better than ever

• Oona McGee
  Aug 16, 2024

Collection includes a palm-sized Poké Ball we’d happily pay good money for.

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• (anime • COK • fast food • food • Happy Meal • Happy Meals • Happy Set • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Pikachu • Pokemon • SNJO • toys • video games)

The unusual and surprising ways people in Nagasaki celebrate Obon, the festival of spirits

• Oona McGee
  Aug 16, 2024

One of the few places in Japan where you’ll see families setting off fireworks at the cemetery.

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• Japan
• (ancestor worship • cemetery • COK • culture • fireworks • graves • gravestone • graveyard • holidays • Mariko Ohanabatake • Nagasaki • Obon • SNJO • summer • tradition • travel)

The best sweet souvenirs at Tokyo Okashi Land inside Tokyo Station

• Oona McGee
  Aug 15, 2024

Get a taste for five of Japan’s most popular snacks, all for less than US$17.

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• Japan
• (COK • Happy Turn • japanese snacks • Japanese sweets • recommendations • review • shops • snacks • SNJO • souvenirs • sweets • Tokyo • Tokyo Okashi Land • Tokyo Station • travel)

Japan Super Budget Dining – What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at Baskin-Robbins Japan?

• Oona McGee
  Aug 14, 2024

Special finds are hiding on the menu at the “31” ice cream chain.

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• Japan
• (1000 yen • 31 • 31 Ice • Baskin Robbins • Baskin-Robbins Japan • COK • crepes • food • ice cream • Japan super budget dining • restaurants • SNJO • Super Budget Dining • sweets)

Hidden onsen hot spring near Tokyo is waiting to be discovered by foreign tourists

• Oona McGee
  Aug 14, 2024

A secret gem you won’t find in travel guides.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • cheap hotels • cheap stays • COK • hidden gems • hot spring • hotels • inns • Kanagawa • Kanagawa Prefecture • kawasaki • onsen • public bath • rotenburo • secret onsen • SNJO)

Japanese mascot goes viral for attempting to ride train 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Aug 13, 2024

Sad story takes a happy turn.

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• Japan
• (cute • Happy Turn • Japanese trains • Keikyu • mascot • trains • yuru-kyara)

Studio Ghibli adds more magic to its Kiki’s Delivery Service collection

• Oona McGee
  Aug 13, 2024

Anime movie goods designed to “lift your mood, even on challenging days”.

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• (accessories • anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • Ghibli • goods • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • shop • shopping • Studio Ghibli)

Kyoto Station breakfast cafe is a hidden gem that tourists are yet to discover

• Oona McGee
  Aug 12, 2024

Colorado Cafe serves up its famous morning meal in a ramen bowl.

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• (breakfast • cafes • COK • food • Kyoto • Kyoto food • Kyoto Station • restaurants • SNJO • tourism • tourist spot • travel)

Shinjuku Ninja Live Show: New Tokyo tourist attraction created by the Japan Ninja Council

• Oona McGee
  Aug 12, 2024

Kabuki musician teams up with the world’s only official ninja organisation for a night you’ll remember forever.

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• Japan
• (actors • arts • cool • Japan Ninja Council • live event • Ninja • oiran • shinjuku • Shinjuku Ninja Live Show • shows • taiko • theatre • Tokyo • tradition)

Haneda Market: Tokyo Station conveyor belt sushi restaurant is special on two days of the week

• Oona McGee
  Aug 12, 2024

Insider tips will get you the freshest fish possible.

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• Japan
• (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • fish • food • Kaitenzushi • restaurants • review • revolving sushi • seafood • SNJO • sushi • sushi restaurant • taste test • Tokyo Station)

Japan’s famous Crunky chocolate becomes chewing gum…and it has the weirdest taste and texture

• Oona McGee
  Aug 11, 2024

Your brain will feel crunky while eating this Crunky.

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• (chewing gum • chocolate • COK • Crunky • gum • Lotte • new products • new release • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird)

Epic cutlet sandwiches in Osaka are the best Shinkansen bento

• Oona McGee
  Aug 11, 2024

A tasty way to travel on the bullet train.

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• Japan
• (bento • big eats • bullet train • cutlet sandwich • Ekiben • food • Japanese food • katsu • katsu sandwich • Osaka • sandwiches • shinkansen • train stations)

Smallest hotel room in Tokyo? This cheap stay for two will turn friends into lovers

• Oona McGee
  Aug 10, 2024

Test the bounds of your relationship with this tiny accommodation in Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (budget travel • cheap hotels • cheap travel • COK • hostels • hotels • Masanuki Sunakoma • Minamisenju • SNJO • Takamichi Furusawa • Tokyo • tourism • travel)

McDonald’s releases Pokémon Happy Meal toys in Japan, but are they actually good?

• Oona McGee
  Aug 10, 2024

Captain Pikachu leads the way for this limited-edition summer collection.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • fast food • food • Happy Meal • Happy Meals • Happy Set • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Pikachu • Pokemon • SNJO • toys • video games)

Eievui Friends Afternoon Tea: Eevee and its Eeveelutions disappoint one Pokémon fan in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Aug 9, 2024

You don’t get a lot of Pokémon for your yen these days.

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• Japan
• (afternoon tea • anime • anime food • COK • cute • Eevee • Eeveelutions • high tea • hotels • Omotesando • Pokemon • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • themed cafe • themed food • Tokyo)

Burger King Japan’s new Steak Sauce Whopper contains actual steak pieces

• Oona McGee
  Aug 9, 2024

Special soy sauce adds a Japanese twist to this meaty affair.

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• Japan
• (beef • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • COK • fast food • food • limited edition • meat • new release • restaurants • spice • spicy • spicy food • steak)

Pizza Hut releases a special udon pizza…but only in one part of Japan

• Oona McGee
  Aug 8, 2024

Noodles are just one of several unusual ingredients in this very Japanese topping. 

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • food • Fukuoka • Noodles • nooldes • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • ramen • udon • weird • weird food)

The Dancing Japanese Hairdresser: Keeping rockabilly alive with unique “dancing haircuts”

• Oona McGee
  Aug 8, 2024

The most entertaining haircut you’ll ever have.

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• Japan
• (barber • COK • cool • dance • dancing • dancing haircut • Dancing Hairdresser • fun • funny • haircut • hairstyling • Hiroshima • Japanese hairstyles • Masanuki Sunakoma • Rockabilly • SNJO • weird)

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