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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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Neputa Matsuri gacha capsule toys let you enjoy the famous festival in miniature form

Oona McGee
Jun 28, 2024
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Like holding a Japanese festival in your hand.

Japan
(capsule toys • COK • cool • culture • gacha • gacha toys • Hirosaki • Japanese summer festival • Matsuri • models • Nabuta Matsuri • Nebuta • Nebuta Festival • Neputa • Neputa Festival • Neputa Matsuri • SNJO • summer festival • summer festivals • toys • travel)

Secret unstaffed hot spring in Japan will make you feel like you’ve been spirited away

Oona McGee
Jun 28, 2024

A mysterious outdoor onsen leaves a lifelong impression on two night-time visitors.

Japan
(COK • cool • crazy • hot springs • Japanese baths • Kagoshima • onsen • public baths • rotenburo • secret onsen • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • travel • weird • Yakushima • Yudomari Onsen)

Studio Ghibli releases new My Neighbour Totoro bags and pouches in Japan

Oona McGee
Jun 27, 2024

Beautiful new collection takes us on a denim adventure with one of the studio’s best-loved anime characters.

Japan
(accessories • anime • bags • beautiful • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • pouches • shop • shopping • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Is this 7-Eleven sign in Japan really 711 metres from the store?

Oona McGee
Jun 27, 2024

Testing the integrity of the famous Japanese convenience store chain.

Japan
(7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • Ahiruneko • billboards • clever • convenience stores • cool • countryside • funny • investigation • investigative journalism • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese countryside • LOL • marketing • Saitama • signs • SNJO)

Onsen hot spring with Mt Fuji views has one of the best rotenburo in Japan

Oona McGee
Jun 26, 2024

Bathing here is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity you don’t want to miss.

Japan
(Ashigara • Ashigara Onsen • bathing • COK • cool • Fuji • hot springs • Mt. Fuji • onsen • outdoor baths • piano • rotenburo • Seiji Nakazawa • sento • Shizuoka • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Studio Ghibli releases anime heroine cosplay dresses that are super comfy to wear

Oona McGee
Jun 26, 2024

Channel your favourite characters from three different Ghibli films.

Japan
(anime • anime shop • Arrietty • clothes • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • dress • dresses • fashion • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • Laputa • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • loungewear • merchandise • roomwear • shopping • Studio Ghibli)

Udonuts: Doughnuts containing udon noodles become a thing in Japan

Oona McGee
Jun 23, 2024

Japanese noodle restaurant chain adds an unusual new sweet to its dessert menu.

Japan
(COK • curry • donuts • doughnuts • fast food • food • Japanese curry • Marugame Seimen • Noodles • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • udon • weird food)

Starbucks Japan’s new limited-edition Frappuccino tastes great, is good for the planet

Oona McGee
Jun 23, 2024

A fruity dessert beverage that’ll make you feel good while you drink it.

Japan
(bananas • drinks • environmentally friendly • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fruit • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • mottainai • mottainai bananas • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • ugly bananas)

Pizza Hut releases secret burgers in Japan…but are they any good?

Oona McGee
Jun 22, 2024

We find out if Pizza Hut should stick to making pizzas, or if it’s got what it takes to become a burger contender.

Japan
(burgers • COK • crazy • food • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • Pizza Hut Melts • review • secret menu • SNJO • taste test)

Studio Ghibli director Goro Miyazaki creates charity character T-shirt for Japan’s 24-Hour TV

Oona McGee
Jun 22, 2024

Hayao Miyazaki’s son creates a new anime character on behalf of Studio Ghibli despite programme’s embezzlement scandal.

Japan
(anime • anime characters • art • charity • charity goods • cute • Ghibli • Goro Miyazaki • Hayao Miyazaki • news • Nippon TV • shop • Studio Ghibli • t-shirts)

Starbucks releases college sweatshirts and baseball caps in Japan

Oona McGee
Jun 21, 2024

Harajuku-born brand teams up with Starbucks for a very cool collegiate collection.

Japan
(American fashion • baseball caps • BEAMS • clothes • COK • college • college style • cool • cute • drinks • fashion • Frappucino • Harajuku • merchandise • shopping • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweatshirts • Tokyo)

Pizza Hut adds burgers to its menu in Japan for a limited time

Oona McGee
Jun 20, 2024

New lineup gives us good reason to say “Pizza Beautiful Day”!

Japan
(burgers • fast food • food • Melts • news • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • pizzas)

McDonald’s teams up with Kiki’s Delivery Service for new burgers in Japan

Oona McGee
Jun 19, 2024

Magical delivery comes with a new anime commercial where Kiki takes us to Europe.

Japan
(anime • burgers • COK • commercials • cool • fast food • food • Japanese commercials • Kiki's Delivery Service • limited edition • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • news)

Starbucks Japan’s All-time Best Tumbler Vote: Which ones will be re-released?

Oona McGee
Jun 19, 2024

Coffeehouse chain celebrates online store’s 10th anniversary with a special election campaign that customers will want to vote in.

Japan
(COK • cool • cute • drinks • Frappucino • merchandise • miniature food • mugs • shopping • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Tokyo • tumblers)

Studio Ghibli releases My Neighbour Totoro neckties in Japan

Oona McGee
Jun 16, 2024

Business up top, anime secrets down bottom.

Japan
(accessories • anime • business • business wear • clothes • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • neckties • shop • Studio Ghibli • ties • Totoro • working in Japan)

Japan’s new canned chu-hai with fresh lemon slice: disappointing gimmick or drink revelation?

Oona McGee
Jun 15, 2024

Future Lemon Sour is a world-first, but does it really recreate the izakaya experience at home?

Japan
(Asahi Breweries • bars • canned drinks • chu-hai • chuhai • COK • drinking • drinks • Future Lemon Sour • izakaya • lemon • lemon sour • Mirai no Lemon Sour • Miyashita Park • news • review • Shibuya • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)

Sorakaze: New Hakone sightseeing cruise boat on Lake Ashi is as stunning as the Mt Fuji views

Oona McGee
Jun 14, 2024

Complete with a grass deck, this “green park floating on a lake” is a beautiful way to travel.

Japan
(Ashinoko • boats • COK • cruise • cruises • Fuji • Hakone • Hakone Shrine • Lake Ashi • Mt. Fuji • nature • sightseeing boats • SNJO • torii • tours • travel)

Japanese hand-dug tunnels on a bamboo forest trail are like a quest in a video game

Oona McGee
Jun 11, 2024

Complete with advice from a local side character, this off-the-beaten path adventure is wild and frightening at the same time.

Japan
(bamboo forest • Chiba • COK • cool • countryside • forest • haunted places • history • Japanese countryside • nature • Rural Japan • rural life • SNJO • travel • trees • tunnels)

Studio Ghibli releases new Totoro collection to keep us hydrated all summer long

Oona McGee
Jun 10, 2024

Beloved character brings anime charm to bottles, a bottle cover and even a cold tea pot in Japan.

Japan
(accessories • anime • beautiful • bottle covers • bottles • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • drinks • green tea • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • shop • Studio Ghibli • tea • tea pots • Totoro)

Mister Donut becomes Master Donut with new doughnuts no one has ever seen before

Oona McGee
Jun 10, 2024

Japanese doughnut chain ups its game with a newly developed soft dough.

Japan
(COK • donuts • doughnuts • fast food • food • fromage • limited edition • Master Donut • Mister Donut • new • sweets)

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