The city of Obama is in Fukui Prefecture. It faces the Japan Sea and is located at the south edge of Fukui, which is close to Kyoto and Shiga Prefectures (as shown in a circle on the left picture). Obama city is also pretty close to Nagoya, taking less than three hours by car.
Obama city is called Obama shi in Japanese. "Shi" translates to "city" in the Japanese language, but it is also used to formally address someone, which is equivalent to "Mr." or "Ms." in English. Thus, Obama city also literally means "Mr. Obama."
There are many Obama speciality items that we can buy when visiting Obama city. These unique goods include Obama t-shirts, chopsticks, and sweets. The right pictures shows a wrapping paper of manjyu (Japanese: red-bean cake). The cake actually tastes good, but its wrapping paper contributes more to the sale of this item. The cartoon characters on the wrapper closely resemble both President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Aso, right?
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