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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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What’s in the KFC Japan fukubukuro lucky bag?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2024
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The Colonel wishes us a Kentucky New Year.

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• Japan
• (COK • fast food • fried chicken • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2024 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • KFC • KFC Japan • lucky bag • lucky bag 2024 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • SNJO)

Starbucks Japan’s New Year’s lucky bag: One of the rarest fukubukuro of 2024

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2024

Only available to lottery winners, this “phantom” box is filled with special goods. 

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• (COK • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2024 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • lucky bag • lucky bag 2024 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2024 • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

The best cosplayers from Day 1 of Winter Comiket 2023【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2024

Otaku event in Tokyo becomes the main stage for this season’s hottest anime, manga and video game characters. 

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• (anime • beautiful women • C103 • COK • Comiket • Comiket 103 • cosplay • cosplayers • HoloLive • manga • SNJO • video games • Winter Comiket 2023)

Spirited Away bathhouse spirits steal the spotlight in new Studio Ghibli finger puppet collection

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2024

Minor characters get a starring role in this huge new collection.

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• (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

Hayao Miyazaki draws Year of the Dragon illustration for New Year’s card to Studio Ghibli fans

• Oona McGee
  Jan 2, 2024

Anime studio’s New Year’s nengajo comes with a sweet message. 

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• Japan
• (2024 • animal Zodiac • anime • art • Chinese zodiac • COK • cute • dragon • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • illustration • nengajo • New Year's • New Year's cards • Studio Ghibli • Year of the Dragon)

The 5 best Frappuccinos we tried at Starbucks in Japan this year

• Oona McGee
  Dec 31, 2023

Looking back on the year that was with some of Japan’s best limited-edition beverages.

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• (COK • Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • new year • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Foreign English teacher in Japan calls student’s ability garbage, says it was an “American joke”

• Oona McGee
  Dec 31, 2023

Teacher reprimanded for inappropriate remarks towards junior high school student.

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• Japan
• (English conversation • English education • English education in Japan • english language • English language education • japanese education • Japanese schools • Japanese students • junior high school • learning English • schools • Studying English • Teachers • teaching • Teaching English in Japan)

Why Sensoji temple in Asakusa is better at night

• Oona McGee
  Dec 30, 2023

One of Tokyo’s most historic areas is even more spectacular without the crowds.

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • COK • cool • culture • Seiji Nakazawa • Sensoji • Sensoji Temple • SNJO • temples • Tokyo • Tokyo at Night • tourism • tradition • travel)

Does Starbucks Japan’s new rice cake Frappuccino live up to the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 30, 2023

The green mermaid wants us to relax with a cup of tea and a traditional sweet in every mouthful. 

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• (COK • daifuku • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • green tea • hojicha • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • new year • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test • tea)

Akutai Matsuri: Japan’s Verbal Abuse Festival, where insults and bad behaviour are encouraged

• Oona McGee
  Dec 28, 2023

People in Japan are known for being polite, but not at this weird winter festival.

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• (Akutai Matsuri • festivals • Ibaraki • Japanese festivals • society • tourism • tradition • travel • videos • weird festivals • winter festivals)

TeamLab Borderless moves from Odaiba to Azabudai with new exhibits for 2024

• Oona McGee
  Dec 28, 2023

Japan’s most incredible interactive light museum gets a new home in Tokyo.

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• (art • Azabudai Hills • beautiful • COK • cool • events • exhibits • museums • Team Lab • TeamLab • TeamLab Borderless • tourist site • videos)

New Studio Ghibli mechanical pencils make writing and drawing a dream

• Oona McGee
  Dec 26, 2023

Pick your favourite design from five anime movies.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • Japanese stationery • mechanical pencil • My Neighbor Totoro • pencils • spirited away • stationery • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Starbucks adds new chewy matcha cake to its menu in Japan for New Year

• Oona McGee
  Dec 23, 2023

Plus, there’s a matcha sandwich coming our way, but it won’t be that easy to find.

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• Japan
• (cakes • COK • desserts • donuts • doughnnuts • green tea • limited edition • matcha • new year • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets)

Park your backside on a Princess Mononoke face mask cushion

• Oona McGee
  Dec 23, 2023

New Ghibli cushions look so beautiful they’ll be a challenge to sit on.

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• Japan
• (anime • cushions • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • Laputa • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • mask • Princess Mononoke • Studio Ghibli)

The most beautiful train station in Japan? Award-winning design by Kengo Kuma wows travellers

• Oona McGee
  Dec 23, 2023

Sometimes the best designs are the ones that surprise you from the inside out.

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• (architecture • design • Hoshakuji Station • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • Kengo Kuma • Tochigi Prefecture • train stations • trains • travel)

Gem hunting: A top Japanese activity more tourists need to know about

• Oona McGee
  Dec 22, 2023

Walk away with garnets, amethysts, rubies and sapphires at this little-known tourist spot.

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• (COK • gems • gemstones • jewels • SNJO • tourism • tourist site • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • Yamanashi)

Japan super budget dining – What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at Starbucks?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 22, 2023

From limited-edition drinks to sweets and secret deals, these 10 ideas will help you get the best out of your trip to Starbucks in Japan.

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• Japan
• (cafes • coffee • COK • drinks • food • Japan super budget dining • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Super Budget Dining)

KFC becomes KFCheese with new pie and raclette “drowning” burger in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Dec 22, 2023

Fried chicken specialists make cheese the star with new limited-edition menu items.

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• Japan
• (burgers • cheese • cheese pie • chicken burgers • fast food • food • fried chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • pies • raclette)

Starbucks Japan unveils New Year’s collection for 2024, with daruma, dragons and Mt Fuji for luck

• Oona McGee
  Dec 22, 2023

Start the year right with lucky mugs and tumblers from Starbucks.

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• Japan
• (Bearista • dragon • drinks • drinkware • limited edition • new year • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Starbucks New Year's goods • Year of the Dragon • Zodiac)

Tokyo big eats just got even bigger with massive meat curries at new restaurant chain

• Oona McGee
  Dec 22, 2023

Nikumeshi Okamoto rises from the ashes of its predecessor with a new take on Japanese curry.

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• Japan
• (beef • Japanese curry • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • meat • Mr. Sato • Nikumeshi Okamoto • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test)

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