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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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Fight like a ninja in a samurai town, with sword-fighting experience at Kyoto Toei movie studio park

• Oona McGee
  Apr 8, 2024
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Learn Japanese katana techniques from movie actors and film your own sword-fight in an Edo setting. 

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • Edo • history • Japanese swords • Katana • Kyoto • museums • Ninja • samurai • sword fights • Toei Kyoto Studio Park • tourist sites • travel)

The Fake Burger is now on the menu at Burger King Japan, but is it worth the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 7, 2024

Limited-edition French fry burger takes meatless options to new levels.  

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• Japan
• (Burger King • burgers • COK • fast food • food • french fries • fries • SNJO • taste test • The Fake Burger)

Starbucks unveils new Gohobi Frappuccino in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 6, 2024

Limited-edition drink has layers of flavour…and meaning.

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• Japan
• (coffee • crown melon • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccinos • melons • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets)

New Pokémon cakes let you eat your way through Pikachu and all the Eevee evolutions

• Oona McGee
  Apr 5, 2024

Who knew Eeveelutions came with different flavours?

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• Japan
• (anime • cakes • COK • cute • Eevee • Eeveelutions • food • Ginza Cozy Corner • Kawaii • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video game)

New silent cafe opens in Japan, where talking and music is not allowed

• Oona McGee
  Apr 5, 2024

It might be silent here, but there are smiles all around. 

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• Japan
• (accessibility • cafes • COK • deaf • Deaflympics • disabilities • green tea • hearing impaired • matcha • Osaka)

Should you get up early to see the sakura cherry blossoms in Tokyo?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 4, 2024

We’ve found the best time to avoid the tourist crowds at one of Tokyo’s top hanami sites.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • COK • hanami • Mariko Ohanabatake • sakura • sightseeing • sightseeing spots • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Tokyo • tourist sites • travel • Ueno Park)

McDonald’s Japan teases customers with a crazy mentaiko burger

• Oona McGee
  Apr 4, 2024

But we have the last laugh in the end.

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• Japan
• (April Fools' Day • burgers • COK • crazy • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • mentaiko • review • seafood • SNJO • taste test • weird • weird food)

Japanese pizza chain releases gold leaf pizza for 40,000 yen

• Oona McGee
  Apr 3, 2024

What started as an April Fools’ Day joke is now a reality.

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• Japan
• (Aoki's Pizza • April Fools' Day • COK • fast food • food • gold • gold leaf • limited edition • marketing • pizza • weird • weird food)

Pizza Hut releases a turtle pizza that looks like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle

• Oona McGee
  Apr 3, 2024

Only available in one country in the world, and it’s not Japan… 

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• Japan, Taiwan
• (cool • cute • fast food • food • mugwort • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Taiwan • SNJO • taste test • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles • turtle • weird • weird food • Yui Imai)

The Fake Burger really returns to Burger King Japan!

• Oona McGee
  Apr 2, 2024

Limited-time French fry burger returns after four years, with even more flavour than before.

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• Japan
• (april fools • April Fools' Day • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • chips • COK • fast food • food • french fries • marketing • SNJO • The Fake Burger)

McDonald’s creates a dream Japanese bento for April Fools’ Day

• Oona McGee
  Apr 2, 2024

And here’s how you can create one too. 

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• Japan
• (April Fools' Day • bento • COK • fast food • food • food hack • hack • Japanese food • Makunouchi bento • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • news • obento • P.K. Sanjun • taste test)

We take part in a T-Rex race at Nara, Japan, turns out to be a wet and wild event

• Oona McGee
  Apr 1, 2024

Extinct theropods take over Unesco World Heritage Site for a race like no other.

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• Japan
• (activities • COK • cool • costumes • cute • dinosaurs • events • funny • Heijo Palace • K. Masami • Nara • SNJO • sport • T-Rex • T-Rex race • travel • World Heritage site)

Tokyo Secret Eats: Shibuya City staff cafeteria serves Hachiko soba to visitors

• Oona McGee
  Mar 31, 2024

A hidden gem enjoyed by public servants…and visitors in the know!  

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• Japan
• (buckwheat • cheap eats • inexpensive • juwari soba • Noodles • Restaurant • review • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • Shibuya Ward Office • SNJO • soba • staff cafeterias • taste test • Tokyo)

Japanese chiffon sandwiches are a treat worth travelling for

• Oona McGee
  Mar 31, 2024

Move aside fruit sandwiches, the chiffon sandwich is in town!

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• Japan
• (cafes • cakes • food • Ibaraki • review • sandwiches • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tsukuba Expo Center • Tsukuba Space Center)

Samurai armour bandage underpants let you channel the soul of a Sengoku warlord

• Oona McGee
  Mar 30, 2024

Warrior underwear loved by Robert De Niro, Billy Joel, and Madonna’s dancers are now available to purchase.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • cool underwear • fashion • samurai • samurai pants • underpants • underwear)

Sakura season officially begins in Tokyo, latest start date in 10 years

• Oona McGee
  Mar 29, 2024

Official announcement comes with a new date for full bloom.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossom forecast 2024 • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2024 • hanami • sakura • sakura 2024 • sakura forecast • sakura forecast 2024 • sample tree • Tokyo • Yasukuni Shrine)

Mister Donut’s strongest-ever matcha doughnuts are so intense they’ll bind with your DNA

• Oona McGee
  Mar 29, 2024

A whole new sensation for green tea lovers.

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• Japan
• (COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • matcha • Misdo Meets Gion Tsujiri • Mister Donut • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Cappuccino Ramen becomes super popular in Japan, but is it worth the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 29, 2024

An “only in Japan” type of meal is going viral on social media.

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• Japan
• (chashu • COK • crazy • food • meat • Menya Musashi • Noodles • pork • ramen • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • tsukemen • weird)

Japanese stationery vending machine at Haneda Airport is a great option for last-minute souvenirs

• Oona McGee
  Mar 28, 2024

The future is here, with Japan’s first stationery IoT vending machine.

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• Japan
• (COK • food vending machines • Haneda Airport • Japanese stationery • Japanese vending machines • Kokuyo • SNJO • souvenirs • stationery • vending machines)

The Fake Burger returns to Burger King Japan…or does it?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 28, 2024

Chain’s infamous “Fake Burger” is said to be returning after a four-year absence.

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• Japan
• (april fools • April Fools' Day • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • COK • fast food • food • marketing • SNJO • The Fake Burger)

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