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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Fans of trains and felines enjoyed a trip with rescue cats recently, all for a good cause.
The palatial room can be found at a hotel that accommodates the Japanese Emperor on his travels.
Cats from a Japanese cat island give their best performance in a music video designed to lure the famous musician to their shores.
From graceful Awa Odori dance movements to routines in kimono at a New York subway, these girls are turning heads everywhere they go.
Videos reveal the eerie scenes and sirens that residents woke up to in the northern part of the country this morning.
The airline is making news around the world for its good-looking crew of cabin attendants.
The city’s subway operator can’t decide whether their mascot should look like a muppet or a sexy service manager.
Containing real throat lozenge powder, this new release is one of the most unusual Kit Kats seen in Japan to date.
This is what happens when one of the country’s most adulated cosplayers makes an appearance at a cosplay convention.
It’s not every day you get to see cosplayers fronting an ad campaign for one of the annual convention’s main sponsors.
One woman and five men with different physiques show how much your breasts can grow with just one T-shirt.
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