Central Obama     

> Location: Obama, Japan

> Type: Road marker

> Comments: Obama is a city of ca 35,000 inhabitants in prefecture of Fukui, not far from Kyoto, in the island of Honshu. As a result of the victory by Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election, the Mayor of Obama announced his intention to commission a statue of Barack Obama and declared that November 4th will be an annual holiday in the city.