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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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Tokyo’s luckiest lottery ticket shop draws huuuuuuuge crowds on Japanese lucky day

Oona McGee
Dec 21, 2023
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This multi-block queue has to be seen to be believed, as people spend hours lining up due to traditional beliefs.

Japan
(Ginza • Jumbo lottery • lottery • lottery tickets • luck • rokuyo • SNJO • taian • Tokyo)

Lawson drops our Christmas cake, responds with god-like customer service

Oona McGee
Dec 21, 2023

Japanese customer service pulls through to make up for a sweet tragedy.

Japan
(cakes • Christmas cakes • Christmas in Japan • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Lawson • SNJO • taste test)

Totoro and Kiki star in new Ghibli stationery collection

Oona McGee
Dec 21, 2023

Adorable designs bring a new look to some of the studio’s most popular anime characters.

Japan
(anime • cool • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • memo pad • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • notebook • pencils • stationery • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Drink a beer at Tokyo Station for 12 cents a day

Oona McGee
Dec 21, 2023

Add a plate of gyoza and you can eat and drink for less than 25 cents a day!

Japan
(COK • food • gyoza • Japanese food • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo Station • Yuuichiro Wasai)

Bungee jumping in Japan at the longest pedestrian suspension bridge on the mainland

Oona McGee
Dec 20, 2023

Come face-to-face with the mystical dragon that resides in the Ryujin River.

Japan
(activities • adventure • bungee jumping • COK • dragons • Ibaraki • SNJO • things to do • things to do in Japan • tourist site • travel)

Starbucks releases a dragon latte containing Japanese pepper in Japan

Oona McGee
Dec 20, 2023

New zodiac drink is fiery in many ways.

Japan
(chai • chilled cup • convenience stores • dragon • drinks • limited edition • new year • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Year of the Dragon • Zodiac)

Catch trendy Pokémon at Harajuku’s Takeshita Street for a limited time

Oona McGee
Dec 20, 2023

Happy Winter event gives us Pokémon like we’ve never seen them before.

Japan
(anime • COK • cool • events • Harajuku • P.K. Sanjun • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • SNJO • Takeshita Dori • Takeshita Street • Tokyo • travel • video games)

Free alcohol and curry make this cheap capsule hotel near Shinjuku Station a great place to stay

Oona McGee
Dec 19, 2023

A whole load of free perks await you just seconds away from the station.

Japan
(accommodation • business hotels • capsule hotel • capsule hotels • cheap accommodation • COK • hostels • hotels • Masanuki Sunakoma • review • SNJO • Tokyo • tourism • travel)

Starbucks Japan releases a sticky rice and roasted green tea Frappuccino for New Year

Oona McGee
Dec 19, 2023

Three new drinks pay homage to sweet Japanese traditions.

Japan
(COK • daifuku • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • green tea • hojicha • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • new year • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Daruma Man: The Japanese gacha capsule toy series we never knew we needed

Oona McGee
Dec 19, 2023

Here to help you with the heavy work of making all your wishes come true.

Japan
(capsule machines • capsule toy • capsule toy machines • capsule toys • cool • cute • daruma • gacha • gacha machines • gachapon • Kitan Club • new year • SNJO)

Osaka hotel has amazing all-you-can-eat takoyaki and kushikatsu breakfast buffet

Oona McGee
Dec 19, 2023

Start the day with a street food buffet!

Japan
(accommodation • breakfast • breakfast buffet • food • hotel • hotel breakfast • hotels • Japanese breakfast • Japanese food • kushikats • local specialties • Masanuki Sunakoma • Osaka • SNJO • takoyaki • travel)

Flying Totoro appears in new Studio Ghibli x Foxfire collection

Oona McGee
Dec 18, 2023

Snuggle up in magical moments from the anime film.

Japan
(accessories • anime • clothes • clothing • collaboration • fashion • Foxfire • Ghibli • jackets • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • outdoors • Studio Ghibli • Tonari no Totoro • Totoro)

New Calcifer and Hin goods go on sale in Japan, most sell out as soon as they’re released

Oona McGee
Dec 17, 2023

But there’s still a way to get your hands on two of Studio Ghibli’s most popular characters.

Japan
(anime • anime merchandise • Calcifer • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • goods • Hayao Miyazaki • Hin • Howl's Moving Castle • merchandise • Studio Ghibli)

Porco Rosso punching puppets bring anime rivalry to life in beautiful way

Oona McGee
Dec 16, 2023

Donald Curtis and Porco Rosso, like you’ve never seen them before.

Japan
(anime • anime merchandise • cute • Donald Curtis • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • merchandise • Porco Rosso • puppets • shop • Studio Ghibli)

Japanese exam-taking jeans: The luckiest jeans in Japan

Oona McGee
Dec 16, 2023

Drawing on cool traditional details and the mystical power of kotodama to help you pass any test in style.

Japan
(COK • cool • culture • Edwin • entrance exams • exams • fashion • japanese design • Japanese jeans • jeans • juken • kotodama • lucky • tests • tradition)

“A secret from Hayao Miyazaki”: Toshio Suzuki draws Totoro anime stamps but keeps it hush-hush

Oona McGee
Dec 15, 2023

Studio Ghibli co-founder Suzuki wants to keep this a secret between him and us.

Japan
(anime • art • cute • cute stamps • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • line • Line stamps • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • stamps • stickers • Studio Ghibli • Toshio Suzuki • Totoro)

We attempt to buy Starbucks Japan’s 60,000 yen lucky beckoning cat

Oona McGee
Dec 14, 2023

Manekineko designed to generate prosperity threatens to do the opposite, leaving us with nothing but zekku.

Japan
(coffee • COK • Kyoto • money • new year • P.K. Sanjun • Reserve Roastery Tokyo • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Reserve Roastery • Yoshio • Zodiac)

Matsuya beef bowl fukubukuro lucky bag should be purchased with caution

Oona McGee
Dec 13, 2023

There’s one downfall to this massive gyudon haul.

Japan
(beef bowls • COK • food • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2024 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • gyudon • Japanese food • lucky bag • lucky bag 2024 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2024 • Matsuya • restaurants • review • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO)

Japan’s Kanji of the Year for 2023 reveals the worries of Japanese society

Oona McGee
Dec 12, 2023

A single character says a thousand words.

Japan
(COK • Japanese language • kanji • kanji of the year • Kiyomizudera • Kyoto • linguistics • society)

Gacha capsule toy machine sells…Japanese rice bags?!

Oona McGee
Dec 12, 2023

Putting a new spin on the supermarket shop.

Japan
(bags • capsule machines • capsule toy • capsule toy machines • capsule toys • challenge • cool • cute • gacha • gacha machines • gachapon • Niigata • rice • SNJO • Tarlin)

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