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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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J-Pop group Little Glee Monster will sing you festive songs as you sip your bow-wrapped Coke this holiday season.
Unexpected post-typhoon scene in Japan is so beautiful it looks like something from a movie.
New accommodation recreates the feel of a high-class train cabin inside, with a priceless view outside for just US$20 a night.
Residents trapped by rising floodwaters use special disaster hashtags to get the attention of the Self-Defence Forces.
In Akihabara, giant screens blared happy tunes to deserted streets as a life-threatening typhoon approached Japan.
Kitty currency merchandise has us hoping this faux banknote will one day become a reality.
Wrap up against the chill with Soot Sprites, Totoro, Jiji, Howl’s fire demon, and a snuggly Catbus.
You can take the ramen-loving singer out of Japan, but you can’t take away the singer’s love for ramen.
After riding on the Tube in London, our Japanese reporter is thankful for crowded Tokyo trains.
Famous sites like Ueno Park and Sensoji temple look amazingly like they do today, but the people look entirely different.
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Kyoto Animation will use none of its arson donations for business recovery, all of it for victims
Pakistani Japanese citizen is tired of the cops asking him for his foreign resident card
Hayao Miyazaki has turned down multiple offers from Hollywood to make live-action Nausicaa movie
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Japanese woman stumbles on the power of the infamous “gaijin seat” phenomenon during flight
Why do Japanese recycle bins have two openings but dump everything into the same compartment?
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