John W. wrote:

> How many places in Japan are named Obama? I saw one on Yahoo! the
> other day; I assume there are probably others.

The one that is in the news a lot these days is the city of Obama in 
Fukui Prefecture. In addition to the name part matching, "city of Obama" 
(小浜市) is also a homonym with "Mr. Obama" (オバマ氏). The entire city 
seems to have gone totally nuts over this thing if the TV coverage is 
any guide.

There is also an Obama onsen in Nagasaki, and as Declan mentions there 
must be lots more out there.

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