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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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The meaning of the mandarin and 6 other Japanese New Year traditions explained

Oona McGee
Jan 1, 2023
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Join us as we take a look at some of the most popular Japanese New Year traditions and reveal the spiritual symbolism and superstitions behind them.

Japan
(culture • ganjitsu • gantan • iwaibashi • Japanese New Year • kadomatsu • kagami mochi • new year • New Year's Day • New Year's Eve • New Year's food • osechi • osechi ryori • otoso • tradition)

How to make noodles look restaurant quality in just three seconds

Oona McGee
Dec 31, 2022

Little-known hack from a soba restaurant pro will give your noodles a professional look every time.

Japan
(COK • cooking hack • cooking hacks • cool • food • food hack • hacks • how to • Japanese food • Noodles • ramen • recipes • SNJO • soba • toshikoshi soba)

Secret staff cafeteria in Tokyo is a hidden gem you won’t find in travel guides

Oona McGee
Dec 31, 2022

Rub shoulders with government officials at this cheap eatery that feeds the ministry.

Japan
(cafeteria • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • eating • food • Japanese food • Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries • Mr. Sato • restaurants • secrets • shokudo • SNJO • staff cafeterias)

Pokémon x Mister Donut fukubukuro lucky bag is a very sweet way to ring in the new year

Oona McGee
Dec 30, 2022

This is one of the best value-for-money bags you can buy in Japan at New Year!

Japan
(anime • anime merchandise • COK • cute • donuts • doughnuts • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2023 • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2023 • lucky bags 2023 • Mister Donut • Pikachu • Pokemon • SNJO • video games)

The top five Starbucks Frappuccinos in Japan in 2022

Oona McGee
Dec 30, 2022

It was a year of great flavours, but which ones were the best?

Japan
(COK • cute • dessert drinks • desserts • drinks • Frappuccinos • K. Masami • review • sakura • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home — Step 15: Trash to Treasure【SoraHouse】

Oona McGee
Dec 27, 2022

How much money can we make from three truckfulls of trash?

Japan
(COK • countryside • home renovation • houses • inaka • Japanese countryside • Japanese house • Japanese property • property • recycling • renovation • Saitama • SNJO • SoraHouse • Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home • weird)

How to get a date in Japan, according to hosts in Kabukicho

Oona McGee
Dec 26, 2022

There’s one piece of dating advice that a mama and hosts all agree on.

Japan
(bars • COK • dating • host bars • host clubs • hosts • Kabukicho • love • mama • romance • shinjuku • SNJO • Takashi Harada • Tokyo)

Massive meat sandwich in Tokyo is not your regular Japanese sandwich

Oona McGee
Dec 26, 2022

Meet the meat sandwich gracing foodies’ Instagram feeds in Japan right now.

Japan
(COK • food • Japanese sandwiches • Kitazawa • meat • meat sandwich • sandwich • sandwiches • shimokitazawa • SNJO • Stabler • Tokyo)

Studio Ghibli releases a Totoro daruma and beckoning Catbus in Japan for New Year

Oona McGee
Dec 26, 2022

The sold-out collection every Ghibli fan wants to get their hands on.

Japan
(anime • Catbus • cute • daruma • Ebisu • Ghibli • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki • interior • Japanese New Year • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • new year • Oshogatsu • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Mt Fuji and Raijin and Fujin lingerie sets let you wear your love for Japan under your clothes

Oona McGee
Dec 24, 2022

Keep the gods of wind and thunder close to your chest.

Japan
(art • artists • bras • COK • fashion • Fuji • Fujin • Fujin Raijin zu • innerwear • Katsushika Hokusai • lingerie • Mt. Fuji • Peach John • Raijin • Sotatsu Tawaraya • Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji • ukiyoe • underwear)

Studio Ghibli releases bonsai fountains for your home

Oona McGee
Dec 23, 2022

Voice-activated water gardens feature characters from My Neighbour Totoro, Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away.

Japan
(anime • awesome • cool • cute • fountains • Ghibli • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • Princess Mononoke • relaxation • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • Zen)

Starbucks Japan releases cute new zodiac goods for Year of the Rabbit

Oona McGee
Dec 23, 2022

“We Are Starbucks Coffee Rabbits — Living Somewhere in Coffee Tree Forests” is the theme for this new collection.

Japan
(animal Zodiac • cups • drinkware • Holiday Season • Japanese New Year • limited edition • mugs • new year • New Year 2023 • New Year's • Oshogatsu • rabbits • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tumblers cute • Year of the Rabbit)

“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best seafood restaurant in Noboribetsu!”

Oona McGee
Dec 22, 2022

We’ve gotta say, there’s no way we would’ve thought this remote-looking location would turn out to be such a hidden gem.

Japan
(COK • donburi • fish • fishing town • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Hey Taxi Driver • Hokkaido • Japanese food • Kojohama • Noboribetsu • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • seafood • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taxis • travel)

Why do seats at some Japanese station platforms face away from the trains?

Oona McGee
Dec 20, 2022

Unusual design in Kansai is a clever example of thoughtful customer service, designed specifically with the user in mind.

Japan
(customer service • Japanese train stations • JR West • Kansai • Osaka • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • train platform • train stations • trains • unusual • UX • UX design • West Japan Railway)

Toei Kyoto Studio Park takes you back in time to Edo period Japan, but all is not what it seems

Oona McGee
Dec 17, 2022

Join us on a guided tour of the film set where hundreds of Japanese period movies and dramas are filmed every year.

Japan
(architecture • COK • Come Come Everybody • cool • Edo • Edo era • Edo period • film sets • Kyoto • movies • period dramas • SNJO • Toei • tourist sites • traditional Japan)

People in Japan vote for their favourite ramen chain, with surprising results

Oona McGee
Dec 16, 2022

Survey into noodle joints reveals some chains people may have never heard of.

Japan
(curry • delicious • Hokkaido • Ichiran • Japanese curry • Kourakuen • local chain • Noodles • ramen • ramen chains • restaurants • Sugakiya • Tenkaippin • Yamaokaya)

Yoshinoya’s fukubukuro lucky bag is part box, part beef bowl, but is there anything to eat?

Oona McGee
Dec 15, 2022

Take a look at the presents in store for beef bowl lovers in Japan at New Year.

Japan
(beef bowls • COK • food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2023 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2023 • Japanese food • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2023 • porcelain • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Yoshinoya)

The cool way to peel a mandarin, according to a Japanese grandma

Oona McGee
Dec 14, 2022

Become a mikan master with this neat hack, endorsed by the Japanese government.

Japan
(citrus • clever • COK • food • fruit • how to • life hacks • MAFF • mamechishiki • mandarin oranges • mikan • Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries • oranges • peel • peels • satsuma • SNJO • twitter)

Diablo IV Lilith burger turns Burger King into Burger Queen in Japan for a limited time

Oona McGee
Dec 13, 2022

Do you dare to take a bite out of the queen of hell?

Japan
(Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • cool • Diablo • Diablo 4 • Diablo IV • fast food • Lilith • marketing • video games)

Starbucks Japan’s Christmas customisation is the festive treat you need to try these holidays

Oona McGee
Dec 12, 2022

A very cute way to add a dash of Christmas flavour to your Frappuccino.

Japan
(Christmas • Christmas 2022 • COK • cookies • customisation • customization • cute • dessert drinks • desserts • drinks • festive • Frappuccinos • gingerbread • Holiday Season • K. Masami • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

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