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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 sakura doughnuts from Mister Donut Japan take us on a journey from bud to beyond full bloom
- Oona McGee
Feb 26, 2023 - Tweet
A box of doughnuts like no other.
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Starbucks Japan’s second sakura collection for hanami season 2023 comes with AR cherry blossoms
- Oona McGee
Feb 24, 2023
Plus a special mini range created by local Japanese craftsmen.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2023 • COK • cool • cups • cute • drinkware • flowers • hanami • mugs • sakura • sakura 2023 • sakura goods • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tumblers)
New sakura doughnuts resemble different stages of the cherry blossoms in Japan
- Oona McGee
Feb 21, 2023
Taste the progression of the sakura, from early buds to past full bloom.
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- (cherry blossom sweets • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2023 • COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • Mister Donut • new • sakura • sakura 2023 • sweets)
New Studio Ghibli collection includes a US$2,450 wooden Totoro 【Video】
- Oona McGee
Feb 20, 2023
When the worlds of traditional Japan and Japanese anime collide.
- Japan
- (chusen • cool • dyeing • Ghibli • goods • handcraft • Hayao Miyazaki • Japanese traditional crafts • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • pottery • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • traditional craft • traditional crafts • traditional culture • traditional handicrafts)
Secret staff cafeteria in Tokyo’s Kabukicho is a hidden gem you won’t find in travel guides
- Oona McGee
Feb 18, 2023
This underground world is filled with hungry government officials and cheap eats.
- Japan
- (cafeteria • cafeterias • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • curry • eating • food • Japanese curry • Japanese food • restaurants • secrets • shinjuku • Shinjuku Ward Office • shokudo • SNJO • staff cafeterias)
A visit to the birthplace of pizza toast: Is the original better than all the others out there?
- Oona McGee
Feb 17, 2023
Eating at the iconic cafe that started the Japanese fusion trend over 50 years ago.
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- (bread • Cafe Benisica • cafes • COK • cool • food • fusion food • history • Japanese food • kissaten • pizza • pizza toast • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • toast • Tokyo)
Does Starbucks Japan’s new Sakura Frappuccino taste as good as it looks?
- Oona McGee
Feb 16, 2023
Japanese cherry blossoms give this pink drink a very distinct flavour.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2023 • COK • dessert drinks • desserts • drinks • Frappucinos • hanami • Japanese Frappuccino • K. Masami • review • sakura • sakura 2023 • sakura Frappuccino • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)
Japanese restaurant serves noodles that you fold and eat【Taste test】
- Oona McGee
Feb 16, 2023
We’ve never tried udon like this before.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • crazy • food • Gunma • gunma prefecture • Japanese food • Noodles • restaurants • SNJO • travel • udon • weird)
Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo unveils sakura goods and cherry blossom interior for hanami 2023
- Oona McGee
Feb 15, 2023
A more upmarket Starbucks sakura experience.
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- (cherry blossom • cherry blossom sweets • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2023 • drinkware • furoshiki • goods • Meguro • mugs • sakura • sakura 2023 • sakura goods • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Reserve Roastery • Tokyo • tumblers)
Starbucks Japan’s new sakura collection arrives in stores for hanami season 2023
- Oona McGee
Feb 15, 2023
Limited-edition cherry blossom goods celebrate the beauty of the spring flowers.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2023 • COK • cool • cups • cute • drinkware • flowers • hanami • mugs • sakura • sakura 2023 • sakura goods • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tumblers)
We try the “longest ramen in history”【Taste test】
- Oona McGee
Feb 14, 2023
What’s it like to eat noodles that are over half the height of an average human?
- Japan
- (COK • food • longest noodle • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • unusual food • weird • weird food)
Mister Donut turns one of its most popular doughnuts into an ice cream for a limited time
- Oona McGee
Feb 13, 2023
Iconic Japanese doughnut gets the ice cold treatment.
- Japan
- (COK • combini • conbini • conveniece stores • donuts • doughnuts • food • ice cream • Japanese convenience stores • Mister Donut • new • sweets • taste test)
Lindt blends sakura with pistachios for cherry blossom season in Japan
- Oona McGee
Feb 12, 2023
Swiss chocolatier’s take on the cherry blossoms includes a new macaron that captures the scent of spring.
- Japan
- (cherry blossom • cherry blossom sweets • cherry blossoms • drinks • food • hanami • lindor • Lindt • macarons • pistachio • sakura • sakura sweets • sweets)
Should you trust these suspicious-looking Japanese vending machines?
- Oona McGee
Feb 10, 2023
If “will not your challenge Big Box” was a question, the answer would be no.
- Japan
- (COK • Japanese vending machines • SNJO • vending machine • vending machine toys • vending machines • weird • Yuuichiro Wasai)
Sakura Frappuccino arrives at Starbucks Japan with a slew of cherry blossom treats
- Oona McGee
Feb 8, 2023
It all looks blooming delicious!
- Japan
- (cakes • cherry blossom sweets • cherry blossoms • desserts • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • sakura • sakura 2023 • sakura Frappuccino • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)
Gacha machine backpack is Japan’s hottest new fashion statement
- Oona McGee
Feb 8, 2023
Wearable gacha machine is sure to turn heads wherever you go.
- Japan
- (backpack • bags • capsule toys • cool • fashion • gacha • gacha machines • gacha vending machine • gachapon • Takara Tomy • Takara Tomy Arts • weird)
We try the new Asian Juicy burgers from McDonald’s Japan
- Oona McGee
Feb 6, 2023
Cute on the outside, but are they good on the inside too?
- Japan
- (90s • burgers • COK • commercials • fast food • food • Idols • J-Pop • Japanese commercials • Japanese idols • JPOP • limited edition • Marie Iitoyo • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • music videos • Nanase Nishino • Puffy • review • SNJO • taste test)
Garbage-collecting samurai keep Japanese streets clean, but what’s their real story?
- Oona McGee
Feb 5, 2023
We sit down with the environmentally conscious Gomihiroi Samurai to find out what they’re really about.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • environment • environmental issues • Funabashi • garbage • Harajuku • interview • performance art • samurai • Shibuya • SNJO • streets • Tokyo streets • trash)
Step back in time to the Edo period at this unusual highway rest stop in Japan
- Oona McGee
Feb 4, 2023
Both the setting and the unique meals here will whisk you away to traditional Japan.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • Edo • Edo period • Hanyu • highways • history • Japan travel • Masanuki Sunakoma • Onihei • parking areas • Saitama • sightseeing • SNJO • tradition • traditional Japan • travel)
Is Starbucks Japan’s new Valentine’s Day Frappuccino worth the calories?
- Oona McGee
Feb 4, 2023
This decadent affair inspired by a French cake is difficult to resist.
- Japan
- (cakes • chocolate • COK • desserts • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test • valentine's chocolate • Valentine's Day • valentine's day chocolate)
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