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==Barack Obama==
==Barack Obama==
[[Image:Barack Obama Senate official photo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|{{#ifexist:Template:Barack Obama Senate official photo.jpg/credit|{{Barack Obama Senate official photo.jpg/credit}}<br/>|}}[[Barack Obama]] appears popular in the Japanese city of the same name, though most citizens are ineligible to vote in U.S. elections.]]
[[Image:Barack Obama Senate official photo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|{{#ifexist:Template:Barack Obama Senate official photo.jpg/credit|{{Barack Obama Senate official photo.jpg/credit}}<br/>|}}[[Barack Obama]] appears popular in the Japanese city of the same name, though most citizens are ineligible to vote in U.S. elections.]]
The coincidence of the city's name and that of [[President of the United States of America|U.S. President]] [[Barack Obama]] has led to welcome publicity for the city. The mayor sent Obama a gift including a pair of lacquered [[chopsticks]] when he was running for office in 2008; Obama responded with a letter of thanks, noting that they shared not just a name, but common responsibilities. The city made several items of merchandise available, including Barack Obama T-shirts, for citizens to support the Obama's bid for the White House.<ref>''AFP [[Google]]'': '[http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hxUuyfnroNu8TqYKjvKF9V5dUZ8w Obama letter delights Japanese namesake town]'. 4th March 2008.</ref><ref>''[[CNN]]'': '[http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/04/obamas-backing-obama Obama's backing Obama]'. 4th March 2008.</ref><ref>''[[Reuters]]'': '[http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUST8454820080305 Japan's Obama towns dances for U.S. namesake]'. 5th March 2008.</ref>
The coincidence of the city's name and that of [[President of the United States of America|U.S. President]] [[Barack Obama]] has led to welcome publicity for the city. The mayor sent Obama a gift including a pair of lacquered [[chopsticks]] when he was running for office in 2008; Obama responded with a letter of thanks, noting that they shared not just a name, but common responsibilities. The city made several items of merchandise available, including Barack Obama T-shirts, for citizens to support the Obama's bid for the White House.<ref>''AFP [[Google]]'': '[http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hxUuyfnroNu8TqYKjvKF9V5dUZ8w Obama letter delights Japanese namesake town]'. 4th March 2008.</ref><ref>''CNN'': '[http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/04/obamas-backing-obama Obama's backing Obama]'. 4th March 2008.</ref><ref>''[[Reuters]]'': '[http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUST8454820080305 Japan's Obama towns dances for U.S. namesake]'. 5th March 2008.</ref>


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*[[Barack Obama]]
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See Barack Obama for the 2008 U.S. presidential candidate

Obama[1] (小浜市 Obama-shi[2]) is a city in Fukui prefecture, Japan, famous for its historical connections to China and for sharing its name with a U.S. president.

Obama has a population of about 34,000.[3] Its location on the northern coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island, has meant that the city and surrounding regions developed deeper cultural links to China than other areas of Japan. Interesting examples of culture include many temples and the 1,200-year-old o-mizu okuri (お水送り 'water-sending ceremony'), a Shinto ritual in which a priest from Jingu temple (神宮寺 Jingu-ji) pours water into the rapids at Unose (鵜の瀬). The water is believed to reach Nara (奈良), Japan's capital in ancient times, ten days later. Nara holds a 'water-drawing ceremony' (お水取り o-mizu tori) to mark the occasion.

Barack Obama

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Barack Obama appears popular in the Japanese city of the same name, though most citizens are ineligible to vote in U.S. elections.

The coincidence of the city's name and that of U.S. President Barack Obama has led to welcome publicity for the city. The mayor sent Obama a gift including a pair of lacquered chopsticks when he was running for office in 2008; Obama responded with a letter of thanks, noting that they shared not just a name, but common responsibilities. The city made several items of merchandise available, including Barack Obama T-shirts, for citizens to support the Obama's bid for the White House.[4][5][6]

Footnotes

  1. Pronounced [obama], with short vowels; cf. Barack Obama's surname, [oʊbɑ:mə] in American English.
  2. Literally 'little beach'.
  3. Saitama.jp: 'Obama City, Fukui Prefecture'.
  4. AFP Google: 'Obama letter delights Japanese namesake town'. 4th March 2008.
  5. CNN: 'Obama's backing Obama'. 4th March 2008.
  6. Reuters: 'Japan's Obama towns dances for U.S. namesake'. 5th March 2008.

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