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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Donguri Kyowakoku delivers one of the best lucky bags of the New Year, with a very unusual Totoro.
Characters from Evangelion, Azur Lane, and Psycho-Pass are just some of the famous faces making an appearance.
Characters from Pokémon and Fate Grand Order rank as some of the most impressive this year.
We visit the award-winning Starbucks to see if it’s still worthy of its title after a facelift.
Come with us as we browse the shelves and eat at the restaurant inside this vegan wonderland.
We try eight of the new Omusubi sweets that people in Japan are going crazy for right now.
Movies like Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and My Neighbour Totoro feature in the exclusive new collection.
Features like built-in kitty litter boxes under the floor let furbabies truly rule the house you live in.
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Historical figures get manga makeovers from artists of Spy x Family, My Hero Academia and more
Suntory x Super Mario collaboration creates a clever way to transform into Mario【Videos】
Ghibli Park now selling “Grilled Frogs” from food cart in Valley of Witches
Osaka governor suggests lowering voting age to 0 to curb population decline
Mt. Koya planning to instate visitor’s tax to cope with huge tourist numbers
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Studio Ghibli releases new action figures featuring Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind characters
New private rooms on Tokaido Shinkansen change the way we travel from Tokyo to Kyoto
Red light district sushi restaurant in Tokyo shows us just how wrong we were about it
Tokyo Tsukiji fish market site to be redeveloped with 50,000-seat stadium, hotel, shopping center
All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
Beautiful Ghibli sealing wax kits let you create accessories and elegant letter decorations【Pics】
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- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
Studio Ghibli releases Kiki’s Delivery Service chocolate cake pouches in Japan
New definition of “Japanese whiskey” goes into effect to prevent fakes from fooling overseas buyers
Our Japanese reporter visits Costco in the U.S., finds super American and very Japanese things
Studio Ghibli unveils Mother’s Day gift set that captures the love in My Neighbour Totoro- Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
- All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
New Pokémon cakes let you eat your way through Pikachu and all the Eevee evolutions
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- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
Sold-out Studio Ghibli desktop humidifiers are back so Totoro can help you through the dry season
Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
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Osaka governor suggests lowering voting age to 0 to curb population decline
Mt. Koya planning to instate visitor’s tax to cope with huge tourist numbers
Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
We take a ride on Seibu Railway’s futuristic luxury liner: the Limited Express Laview
Starbucks Japan releases new mugs and gifts for Mother’s Day
Smash Bros. director Sakurai stabs Kirby in the face, has delicious justification for it
Gacha capsule toy paradise for adults appears at Akihabara Station
Akihabara pop-up shop sells goods made by Japanese prison inmates
Japanese idol creates kawaii Gunpla, the world’s cutest Gundam models【Photos】
Spirited Away No Face lamp is back, senses when you’re near, welcomes you with lantern light【Pics】
Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron gets North American screening date in September
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