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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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Japan’s new 2,500-yen Ultimate Matcha Latte Float takes green tea to a whole new level

• Oona McGee
  Apr 22, 2023
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Would you pay 20 bucks for this green tea beverage?

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• Japan
• (beverage • cookies • drinks • green tea • Hatoya Ryoyousha • ice cream • Isetan • Kyoto • latte • matcha • Shinjuku Isetan • sweets • Uji hikari)

Takeshi’s Castle returns, and we make news with overseas press for our fundoshi

• Oona McGee
  Apr 22, 2023

When everyone else wears sensible clothes to a press event, we wear loincloths.

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• (Amazon • Amazon Japan • Amazon lowest-rated • funny • mannequin • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO)

Mister Donut’s new green tea doughnuts serve up matcha and hojicha from a Kyoto specialist

• Oona McGee
  Apr 21, 2023

Explore the different tastes of green tea with a brand new lineup of doughnuts.

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• Japan
• (COK • donuts • food • green tea • hojicha • Kyoto • matcha • Misdo Meets Gion Tsujiri • Misdo Meets Tsujiri • Mister Donut • mochi • Pon De Ring • sweets • tea • Tsujiri • warabimochi)

Our Japanese team star in Takeshi’s Castle on Amazon Prime!

• Oona McGee
  Apr 21, 2023

Watch our team of zany reporters run around in loincloths as they attempt to beat Beat Takeshi.

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• Japan
• (Amazon • Amazon Prime • Beat Takeshi • Challenges • fundoshi • funny • Go Hatori • LOL • Masanuki Sunakoma • Mr. Sato • nostalgia • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • streaming • Takashi Harada • Takeshi Kitano • Takeshi’s Castle • TV shows • weird)

Japan’s new tiny ninja capsule toy collection turns your desk into a secret hideout

• Oona McGee
  Apr 20, 2023

Six-piece collection adds some shadow warrior fun to your workday.

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• Japan
• (capsule machine • capsule toy • capsule toys • COK • gacha • gacha toys • Gachappon • Ninja • Tarlin • toys)

Secret Tokyo night view spot is also a great meeting place away from the crowds

• Oona McGee
  Apr 20, 2023

An urban oasis, mostly known only to locals.

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• Japan
• (buses • COK • Japanese train stations • meetings • night view • night views • shinjuku • Shinjuku Station • SNJO • Takashimaya • Tokyo • train station • transport • travel)

One Piece x McDonald’s Japan collaboration burgers: Does the treasure taste as good as it looks?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 20, 2023

Join us as we take our taste buds on an adventure with Luffy and the gang.

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• Japan
• (anime • burgers • chicken burgers • Chicken Tatsuta • COK • cool • fast food • food • Luffy • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • One Piece • review • SNJO • straw hat pirates • taste test)

Japanese convenience store chain’s new matcha sweets are heaven for green tea lovers

• Oona McGee
  Apr 20, 2023

Family Mart surprises everyone with the quality of its new sweets range. 

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• Japan
• (cakes • COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store food • Family mart • green tea • Japanese convenience stores • Kanbayashi Shunsho Honten • konbini • Kyoto • matcha • sweets • Uji • Uji Matcha)

Ramen kaiseki: Japanese restaurant offers first-ever multi-course noodle experience

• Oona McGee
  Apr 19, 2023

Welcome to the world of noodle haute cuisine. 

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• Japan
• (food • Gunma • Japanese food • kaiseki • Noodles • ramen • restauramts • review • SNJO • Takamichi Furusawa • taste test)

Studio Ghibli’s Mother’s Day corn set is a heartwarming gift for Totoro fans

• Oona McGee
  Apr 19, 2023

Fans of Kiki’s Delivery Service are also in for a pleasant surprise.

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• Japan
• (cool • corn • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • gifts • goods • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • Mother's Day • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Japanese vending machine sells just one thing at this station

• Oona McGee
  Apr 19, 2023

Find out why this machine has been turning heads.

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• Japan
• (drinks • fruit • fruit juice • Mr. Sato • SNJO • strawberries • strawberry • strawberry juice • taste test • Tochigi Prefecture • Tochiotome • Tokyo Station • vending machine)

New Studio Ghibli drinks pay homage to famous anime movies

• Oona McGee
  Apr 18, 2023

Cheers to Ghibli!

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• Japan
• (anime • art • Calcifer • cool • cute • drinks • exhibition • Ghibli • Ghibli Exhibition • Howl's Moving Castle • Kobe • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Prince Justin • scarecrow • Studio Ghibli • themed cafe • themed food • themed restaurants • Totoro)

Pokémon cakes appear at Ginza Cozy Corner for a very limited time

• Oona McGee
  Apr 16, 2023

First-ever collaboration comes with a special field guide for customers. 

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• Japan
• (COK • Disney • food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2023 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2023 • Ginza Cozy Corner • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2023 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2023 • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Japanese burger chain releases epic tofu burgers, designed by customers

• Oona McGee
  Apr 14, 2023

A dream burger with a Japanese flavour, devised by over 110,000 customers.

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• Japan
• (atsuage • COK • fast food • food • freshness burger • hamburger • Japanese food • limited • new • tofu • vegetarian)

Starbucks Japan customisation hack: How to make the new Melon Frappuccino even more delicious

• Oona McGee
  Apr 13, 2023

The secret ingredient is a beloved Japanese citrus.

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • melon • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test)

Pizza Hut’s sakura pizza takes cherry blossom season to weird places in Taiwan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 10, 2023

Forget about putting pineapple on pizza because this is a lot, lot worse. 

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• Japan, Taiwan
• (cherry blossoms • fast food • food • natto • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Taiwan • review • sakura • SNJO • taste test • weird • weird food)

Japanese moving company scam? The time we almost called police on a removal rep

• Oona McGee
  Apr 6, 2023

A warning to anyone using a moving company in Japan. 

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• Japan
• (apartments • COK • crazy • life in japan • Living in Japan • moving • moving companies • moving from Tokyo • moving to Japan • police • removal • SNJO • weird • Yuuichiro Wasai)

Bent postboxes in Taiwan are a heartwarming reminder to never give up

• Oona McGee
  Apr 6, 2023

These mailboxes come with a tear-jerking backstory.

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• Japan, Taiwan
• (COK • culture • heartwarming • history • post • post box • SNJO • Taipei • Taiwan • tourism • tourist site • tourist spots • travel • Typhoon 24)

Japanese melon butter, where have you been all our lives? 【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Apr 5, 2023

Melon butter is here to make everything better. 

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• Japan
• (bread • butter • cooking • cool • jam • Japanese melon • KALDI • melon • Melon Pan • melons • musk melon • new • omelet • SoraKitchen • taste test)

Starbucks Japan starts summer with a new Melon Frappuccino and a trio of vivid treats

• Oona McGee
  Apr 5, 2023

A new collection based around the theme “Play Vivid Summer. My own colour, more vivid.” 

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • cute • drinks • food • Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • melon • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer)

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