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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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Funny signs in Japan: 7-Eleven enters the ring with a humorous notice for drivers
- Oona McGee
Feb 17, 2024 - Tweet
A clever way to draw attention to an off-the-beaten-path Japanese convenience store location.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • billboards • clever • convenience stores • cool • funny • LOL • marketing • Saitama • signs • SNJO)
7 ways people in Japan deal with heavy snow, including the use of special ponds called “tane”
- Oona McGee
Feb 17, 2024
Locals teach us how to live comfortably in areas that experience heavy snowfall.
- Japan
- (cars • country life • daily life in Japan • driving • Driving in Japan • haruka takagi • Japanese roads • life • life in japan • Nagano • ponds • skiing • skiing in Japan • SNJO • snow • tane • tourism • travel)
Is Starbucks Japan’s hot Hanami Sakura Cream better than the Frappuccino?
- Oona McGee
Feb 16, 2024
It’s not just the temperature that makes these two drinks very different.
- Japan
- (cherry blossom • cherry blossom sweets • cherry blossom treats • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2024 • hanami • sakura • sakura drinks • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)
Starbucks releases new sakura Frappuccino in Japan, but does it taste as good as it looks?
- Oona McGee
Feb 15, 2024
A hanami dango drink designed to capture the joy of cherry blossom viewing.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • Frappuccino • hanami • hanami dango • Japanese Frappuccino • sakura • sakura 2024 • sakura drinks • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Starbucks sakura • taste test)
Starbucks Japan brings sakura sweets to the table for cherry blossom season 2024
- Oona McGee
Feb 15, 2024
Traditional sweets get a Starbucks twist for hanami flower-viewing picnics.
- Japan
- (cakes • cherry blossom • cherry blossom sweets • cherry blossom treats • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2024 • coffee • hanami • sakura • sakura drinks • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)
Rare vending machine at Japan’s oldest shrine sells…divine crepes!
- Oona McGee
Feb 13, 2024
Holy ground for parishioners and vending machine lovers at this off-the-beaten path destination.
- Japan
- (cool • crepes • Japanese vending machines • Nara • Omiwa Shrine • SNJO • sweet potatoes • vending machines • weird)
Which Japanese convenience store has the best onsen tamago hot spring eggs?
- Oona McGee
Feb 13, 2024
We put 7-Eleven, Family Mart and Lawson to the test in this battle between runny eggs.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • COK • combini • convenience stores • eggs • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Lawson • onsen eggs • onsen tamago • SNJO • taste test)
Poo sakura are in full bloom at Unko Museum’s cherry blossom festival in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Feb 13, 2024
The only place in the world where you can view weeping poop cherry blossoms, but you have to sing and dance to make them bloom.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2024 • events • fun • funny • hanami • news • sakura • sakura 2024 • sakura sites • Tokyo • unko • Unko Museum)
Do Japan’s Sushi Manju sweets look as good as the packaging on the box?
- Oona McGee
Feb 12, 2024
Unusual case of false advertising surprises everyone in the office.
- Japan
- (cute • food • Japanese food • Kitte • Kitte Marunouchi • Lawson • manju • marketing • Mr. Sato • packaging • shopping • SNJO • souvenirs • steamed buns • sushi • Sushi Manju • sweets • Tokyo • Tokyo Station)
Japan’s big eats just got even bigger at this little-known cafe
- Oona McGee
Feb 12, 2024
Things that make you go, “Huh?” are definitely worth trying when you find them.
- Japan
- (big eats • cafes • cool • drinks • food • Ikuna Kamezawa • mikan • onigiri • review • rice balls • Sendai • shopping • SNJO • supermarkets • tast test • taste test • travel • U Cafe • Ujie)
Do ANA international inflight meals taste better on the ground than they do in the air?
- Oona McGee
Feb 12, 2024
A fun way to feel like you’re going on a trip…and losing weight at the same time.
- Japan
- (Air travel • airline food • airplanes • All Nippon Airways • ANA • COK • eco-friendly • food • fukubukuro • in-flight meals • Lucky Bags • SNJO • Takashi Harada • taste test • travel)
Beautiful Starbucks in Kobe is one of only 28 special Regional Landmark Stores in Japan
- Oona McGee
Feb 11, 2024
This Starbucks in a registered tangible cultural property is one of the country’s extra-special branches.
- Japan
- (coffee • Kobe • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tourist sites • travel)
Saizeria meal hack by foreign diners introduces us to a secret dish that’s not on the menu
- Oona McGee
Feb 11, 2024
Sometimes it pays to copy your fellow diners.
- Japan
- (arrosticini • food • food hack • food hacks • hacks • meat • P.K. Sanjun • restaurants • Saizeriya • SNJO • Tokyo)
How to make a massive deep dish Chicago Pizza…in your rice cooker
- Oona McGee
Feb 10, 2024
Look out, deep dish lovers — rice cooker pizzas are set to be the next big thing.
- Japan
- (chicago • COK • cooking • deep dish • food • Go Hatori • pizza • recipe • rice cooker • rice cooker recipe • SNJO • SoraKitchen)
Starbucks Japan’s new sakura collection arrives in stores for hanami season 2024
- Oona McGee
Feb 9, 2024
Bright new cherry blossom collection includes a couple of sparkly Stanley cups you won’t find anywhere else.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2024 • COK • cups • drinkware • hanami • limited edition • mugs • sakura • sakura 2024 • sakura drinkware • sakura goods • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks sakura • tumblers)
Shima Gyoza: Hidden restaurant sells island dumplings that look like macarons
- Oona McGee
Feb 9, 2024
Some of the most unusual gyoza you’ll find in all of Japan.
- Japan
- (food • gyoza • Ishigaki • Ishigaki Island • Japanese food • Okinawa • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • travel)
National Diet Curry: Loved by Japanese Prime Ministers and politicians, but is it any good?
- Oona McGee
Feb 9, 2024
The Kokkai Beef Curry is an immoral meal, in more ways than one.
- Japan
- (curry • diet • food • Go Hatori • government • Japanese food • Japanese Prime Minister • Kokkai • Kokkai Curry • Matsusaka beef • politicians • prime minister • retort curry • SNJO • taste test)
Starbucks Japan unveils new Sakura Frappuccino for cherry blossom-viewing season 2024
- Oona McGee
Feb 8, 2024
Two new drinks capture the taste of a famous Japanese hanami tradition.
- Japan
- (cherry blossom • cherry blossom sweets • cherry blossom treats • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2024 • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • hanami • hanami dango • Japanese Frappuccinos • sakura • sakura drinks • sakura Frappuccino • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)
What do hosts in Kabukicho eat after a night of working in Tokyo’s red-light district?
- Oona McGee
Feb 8, 2024
We try the breakfast of champions that fuels the night workers of the city.
Does Starbucks Japan’s new sakura drink for cherry blossom season 2024 taste as good as it looks?
- Oona McGee
Feb 7, 2024
We find out if this is a must-have beverage for hanami cherry blossom-viewing picnics.
- Japan
- (cherry blossom • cherry blossom sweets • cherry blossom treats • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2024 • hanami • sakura • sakura drinks • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)
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