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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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Starbucks Japan has a miniature collection, but you’ll need patience to get it

Oona McGee
Jun 9, 2024
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There’s only one way you can get your hands on these one-of-a-kind miniature goods.

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

Mister Donut adds hot dog doughnuts to its menu in Japan…but are they any good?

Oona McGee
Jun 8, 2024

The Zakumocchi Dog Curry makes us rethink doughnuts, hot dogs, and Japanese curry.

Japan
(COK • curry • donuts • doughnuts • fast food • food • hot dogs • Japanese curry • Mexican food • Mister Donut • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird food)

KFC swaps straws for new drinking lids at all stores in Japan

Oona McGee
Jun 7, 2024

Sayonara, straws — a newly designed lid is set to replace you all.

Japan
(COK • environment • environmental issues • environmentally friendly • fast food • KFC • KFC Japan • plastic • reusable straws • SNJO • straws)

Japan unveils world’s first chu-hai with fresh lemon slice in can so every drink tastes different

Oona McGee
Jun 7, 2024

A world-first lemon sour that lets you bring that izakaya feel home with you.

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 • Shibuya • Tokyo)

Tokyo store serves stunning kakigori ice dessert that looks and tastes like an onigiri rice ball

Oona McGee
Jun 6, 2024

Enjoy the best Japanese shaved ice at a store that only pops up for three months in summer!

Japan
(COK • cool • cute • food • ice • Japanese food • Japanese recipe • kakigori • Meguro • Nakameguro • Nanashino • onigiri • recipe • rice balls • shaved ice • SNJO • summer • Tokyo)

Godiva unveils new canned cakes in Japan

Oona McGee
Jun 6, 2024

A new way to get a taste of Godiva, but is it worth the price tag?

Japan
(cake in a can • cakes • canned cake • chocolate • COK • dessert • Godiva • review • SNJO • sweet • sweets • taste test)

Pokémon Sleep x Family Mart collaboration hits stores in Japan…with 20,000 life-sized Pikachus!

Oona McGee
Jun 5, 2024

Only available in very limited numbers, these goods are worth skipping sleep for.

Japan
(anime • campaign • COK • combini • convenience stores • Convenience Wear • cute • Family mart • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • news • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Sleep • SNJO • Snorlax • sweets • video games)

Japanese public toilet in Tokyo is more like a fancy restaurant than a restroom

Oona McGee
Jun 5, 2024

High-class Shibuya neighbourhood is home to well-known celebrities…and a famous toilet.

Japan
(architecture • art • COK • cool • Japanese restrooms • Japanese toilets • movies • Nabeshima Shoto Park • Perfect Days • public restroom • public toilets • restroom • Shibuya • Shoto • SNJO • The Tokyo Toilet • Toilets • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • travel)

Akihabara ramen restaurant becomes a hit with foreign tourists

Oona McGee
Jun 4, 2024

Restaurant offers free noodle refills, with a quick lesson in Japanese so you can order like a local.

Japan
(Akihabara • COK • food • Japanese • Japanese food • Japanese language • Japanese restaurants • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • review • SNJO • Tokyo • tonkotsu ramen • tourists)

New Kura Sushi revolving sushi bar in Ginza is the chain’s most beautiful restaurant in Tokyo

Oona McGee
Jun 4, 2024

Gorgeous features make this more like an Edo theme park than a conveyor belt sushi restaurant.

Japan
(Bikurapon Plus • Bikurapon! • capsule toys • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • Edo • Ginza • Kaitenzushi • Kura Sushi • Kura Sushi Global Flagship Store • Kura Sushi Global Flagship Store Ginza • Kurazushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • seafood • sushi • tempura • tourist site • tourists • traditional Japan)

Harajuku’s new Harakado complex: A cool place to drink matcha in a secret oasis above the city

Oona McGee
Jun 4, 2024

Former Condomania site springs to life with a hidden gem inside an amazing Tokyo building.

Japan
(architecture • buildings • cafes • COK • cool • Harajuku • Harakado • Harappa • matcha • matcha latte • new • new openings • news • Omokado • Omotesando • Shibuya • shopping • shopping mall • shops • SNJO • Tokyo)

Shogun Coffee Soft Serve is a divine ice cream for modern-day samurai in Japan

Oona McGee
Jun 3, 2024

Saza Coffee captures the essence of traditional Japan in a sweet dessert.

Japan
(cafes • coffee • coffee ice cream • coffee sweets • food • ice cream • Instagram • review • samurai • Saza • Saza Coffee • shogun • Shogun Coffee • SNJO • social media • soft serve • soft serve ice cream • sweets • taste test)

Family Mart stationery takes Japanese “stationary” to new levels

Oona McGee
Jun 3, 2024

Exclusive new collection focusses on convenience with interesting design details.

Japan
(Campus • COK • combini • conveniece stores • convenience store finds • Convenience Wear • cool • Family mart • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese stationery • Kokuyo • konbini • notebooks • office goods • pens • SNJO • stationery)

We go bananas for Starbucks Japan’s new bananas range

Oona McGee
Jun 2, 2024

Saving the planet, one banana at a time…

Japan
(bananas • COK • drinks • environmentally friendly • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fruit • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • mottainai • mottainai bananas • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test • ugly bananas)

Japanese burger chain makes jaws drop with the Miso Ebi Fry

Oona McGee
Jun 1, 2024

There’s Japanese food…then there’s this type of Japanese food.

Japan
(burgers • COK • Dom Dom • Dom Dom Burger • ebi fry • fast food • food • Japanese food • review • Shrimp • SNJO • taste test • weird food • wow)

Starbucks Japan adds a Banana Brulee Frappuccino to the menu, with a bunch of new treats as well

Oona McGee
Jun 1, 2024

B-grade “Mottainai Bananas” get a new lease on life, but do they make for a B-grade Frappuccino?

Japan
(bananas • COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • fruit • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test)

Bad-mannered tourists cause chaos at new Mt Fuji viral photo spot, city erects fence to stop them

Oona McGee
Jun 1, 2024

Fuji City’s Great Dream Bridge becomes a nightmare for local residents.

Japan
(bad manners • Fuji • Fuji City • Instagram • Living in Japan • Mt Fuji Great Dream Bridge • Mt. Fuji • news • overcrowding • overtourism • social media • TikTok • tourism • tourists • tourists site • travel)

Japan is ranked the worst country in the world for helping strangers

Oona McGee
May 31, 2024

Japanese kindness leaves a lot to be desired in World Giving Index, but there may be a reason for it.

Japan
(CAF World Giving Index • CAF World Giving Index 2024 • COK • culture • Japanese culture • Japanese society • kindness • ranking • society • stranger • world ranking)

Pokémon Sleep x Family Mart collaboration brings us new drinks and goods for a limited time

Oona McGee
May 30, 2024

Japanese convenience store chain makes Pokémon dreams come true!

Japan
(anime • campaign • combini • convenience stores • Convenience Wear • cute • Family mart • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • news • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Sleep • Snorlax • sweets • video games)

Domino’s Japan’s new pineapple pizza crust: Awesome creation or food abomination?

Oona McGee
May 30, 2024

Join us as we try a pineapple-heavy pizza that’ll either make you groan in delight or wince in pain.

Japan
(cheese • COK • crazy • Domino's Pizza Japan • dominos pizza • pineapple • pineapple pizza • pizza • SNJO • taste test • weird)

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