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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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New Japanese KitKat flavour, Sugar Butter Tree, is like cracking a chocolate tree branch

• Oona McGee
  Nov 25, 2023
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A new must-try Japanese KitKat to put on your shopping list!

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • food • Japanese chocolate • Japanese KitKats • Kit Kat • KitKats • limited edition • marketing • Nestle • new • Sugar Butter Tree • sweets • Tokyo Okashi Land)

Our search for Kyoto Station’s cheapest souvenir reveals a surprisingly sweet find

• Oona McGee
  Nov 25, 2023

You don’t have to spend a lot to get a great souvenir in Kyoto.

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• Japan
• (cakes • cheap eats • cheapo news • COK • food • Japanese sweets • Kyoto • Kyoto Station • SNJO • sweets • traditional Japanese sweets • Udonko)

Studio Ghibli releases New Year’s stamps for 2024

• Oona McGee
  Nov 25, 2023

Celebrate Japan’s most traditional time of year with the help of these famous anime characters.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • greeting cards • Hayao Miyazaki • Japanese stationery • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • nengajo • New Year 2024 • New Year's • New Year's 2024 • New Year's cards • New Year's Day • stamps • stationery • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Shibuya McDonald’s closes its doors after 39 years in business

• Oona McGee
  Nov 24, 2023

Announcement follows a number of recent closures in the Shibuya area. 

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• (closure • COK • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • news • Shibuya • Shibuya Scramble • SNJO • store closure)

Studio Ghibli adds magic to your matcha with new tea ceremony whisk and bowl

• Oona McGee
  Nov 24, 2023

Anime characters from My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away are your companions for this special tea ceremony.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cool • Donguri Kyowakoku • green tea • Hayao Miyazaki • Japanese tea ceremony • matcha • My Neighbour Totoro • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • tea • tea ceremony • Totoro)

120-year-old sweets store keeps Japan’s maritozzo boom alive with a massive specimen

• Oona McGee
  Nov 23, 2023

It’s time for a maritozzo rennaissance.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • maritozzi • maritozzo • Pallet • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Starbucks Japan gives us a pistachio Frappuccino for Christmas 2023

• Oona McGee
  Nov 23, 2023

New drinks capture the nuttiness of Christmas with a unique twist.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas 2023 • Christmas in Japan • COK • drinks • festive • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Holiday Season • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • pistachio • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Burger King Japan’s new Ninniku Garlic Burger does not live up to the hype

• Oona McGee
  Nov 22, 2023

We want our money back.

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• Japan
• (Burger King • burgers • COK • fast food • food • garlic • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • taste test)

Stay at a Japanese capsule hotel in Tokyo for less than US$20 a night

• Oona McGee
  Nov 21, 2023

Tokyo accommodation doesn’t get much cheaper than this.

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

No Face becomes…a car? Spirited Away anime character enters the Ghibli Tomica collection

• Oona McGee
  Nov 21, 2023

This is perhaps the weirdest “car” of all.

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• (anime • cars • cool • Dream Tomica Full of Ghibli • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • merchandise • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Takara Tomy • tomica • toy cars)

Kyoto’s “ikezu” culture of backhanded compliments explained in hilarious souvenir sticker series

• Oona McGee
  Nov 21, 2023

Behind the calm, polite face of a Kyotoite is an angry woman who wants to shout at you for being so uncultured.

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• Japan
• (COK • culture • funny • honne • ikezu • Japanese dialects • Japanese language • Kyoto • kyoto ben • Kyoto dialect • language • learn Japanese • LOL • manners • society • souvenirs • tatemae • tradition)

KFC releases first-ever spicy miso chicken in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 17, 2023

A very Asian twist on fried chicken.

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• Japan
• (chicken • COK • fast food • food • fried chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • Miso)

Chaos at unstaffed Japanese bento shop shows pitfalls of technology

• Oona McGee
  Nov 17, 2023

Japan might have a reputation for being high-tech, but it’s still got a lot to learn when it comes to unsupervised shopping.

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• Japan
• (bento • COK • cool • food • Japanese food • new • Origin Delica • Seiji Nakazawa • side dishes • SNJO • technology • Tokyo • unmanned shops • unmanned store • unstaffed store)

New Studio Ghibli gloves will warm your heart and hands this winter

• Oona McGee
  Nov 16, 2023

Enchanted anime characters make even the coldest days a magical adventure.

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• Japan
• (accessories • anime • beautiful • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • gloves • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • My Neighbor Totoro • Princess Mononoke • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • winter)

Do cheese and matcha go together? We find out with Starbucks Japan’s limited-time customisation

• Oona McGee
  Nov 16, 2023

A cheesy green tea Frappuccino to celebrate the holidays.

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• Japan
• (Anji Tabata • customisation • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)

Ghibli action figures bring Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind soldiers to life in 3-D form

• Oona McGee
  Nov 15, 2023

Supporting cast takes centre stage with new anime figures from Kaiyodo. 

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• Japan
• (action figures • anime • figures • figurines • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Kaiyodo • Nausicaa • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Studio Ghibli)

Yubaba and Zeniba pen stands from Studio Ghibli capture the magic of Spirited Away

• Oona McGee
  Nov 13, 2023

Anime twin sisters are here to mind your precious items…in two different ways. 

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• Japan
• (anime • anime merchandise • beautiful • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • interior • merchandise • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Yubaba • Zeniba)

Japanese convenience store chain wows us with its hidden street food

• Oona McGee
  Nov 13, 2023

This is one product that’s too good to be kept a secret.

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• Japan
• (Bao • bao buns • bread • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • fried chicken • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Ministop • SNJO • taste test)

Golden ramen in Tokyo costs 1,980 yen instead of 10,000 yen for a limited time!

• Oona McGee
  Nov 12, 2023

A deal too good to pass up, but there are limited meals available.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • gold • golden • Japanese food • Kabukicho • Masanuki Sunakoma • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • shinjuku • SNJO • taste test)

Panju: A Rare Japanese sweet you can buy from a food cart for less than 30 cents

• Oona McGee
  Nov 11, 2023

A hidden gem that’s popular with locals. 

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• Japan
• (Ashikaga City • COK • cool • culture • food • Japanese food • Japanese shrines • Japanese sweets • Panju • shrines • SNJO • souvenirs • Takamichi Furusawa • Tochigi)

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