Best Attractions and Places to See in Obama, Japan
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List of Best Things to do in Obama
Pagoda at Myotusji Temple
Miketsukuni Wakasa Obama Food Cultural Center
Sotomo Caves and Cliffs
Jinguji Temple
Hagaji Temple
Wakasahime Shrine
Myorakuji Temple
Mantokuji Temple
Wakasa History Museum
Obamanishigumi Traditional Architectures Preservation District
Welcome to Obama City ★ ONLY in JAPAN
This place is for real! A city in Japan called Obama. They must have named it after the former president, right?
Well ...
Republicans can sigh a breath of relief as this Obama was here first. Obama City, Japan's history goes back centuries and the coincidence of phonetically having the same name as Barack Obama's last name is what makes the city stand out internationally. Oh, in case you're wondering, in Japanese, Obama actually means Small Beach.
Like any town with such a unique coincidence, the city embraced it and made a strong bond with the Senator then President.
It started when Senator Obama landed in Japan and the immigration officer told him he was from Obama!
But take a step back from the last 10 years and you'll find another kind of city.
Obama City is located in Fukui Prefecture, about 70km from Kyoto on the Sea of Japan. It was the Gateway to Japan for centuries before the Edo period because it was the closest link to Kyoto from the Sea. The route used was called MACKEREL ROAD because SABA (Mackerel) was the most traded fish, delivered to Kyoto endlessly along with loads of other goods to and from the imperial city.
▶︎ WHERE IS OBAMA?
▶︎ WHAT CAN YOU DO IN OBAMA?
Well, eat!
Obama Fish Market is friendly and has an amazing teishoku restaurant that opens early.
It's also famous for lacquerware (luxury chopsticks, boxes) and it's hundreds of temples and shrines in the mountains.
There are also boat tours cruising along the picturesque coast.
If you want to visit the President Barack Obama Library / Museum of sort, head to the lobby of the Hotel Sekumiya between JR Obama Station and the sea.
Political note: The Trump Obama debate is not something I cover in this episode nor Democrats vs Republicans. I have no personal opinion in this episode and actually tease the situation :)
If there were a Trump city, I'd cover that too but phonetically Obama O-BA-MA works well in Japanese and is also a last name in Japan.
Japan is looking forward to President Donald Trump's visit in November just like they would any strong ally and he'll have a warm welcome just like former President Obama did when he visited. I do recommend President Trump visit Obama City. The hotel I stayed in is no Trump Tower but it was good enough for the US Ambassador John Roos.
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Wakasa Lacquerware has a 400 Year History and is Known for its High Quality Throughout Japan.
Wakasa Lacquerware has a 400 Year History and is Known for its High Quality Throughout Japan.
The most famous being the Wakasa-nuri hashi (lacquered chopsticks) of the city of Obama, Fukui Prefecture. Production here accounts for over 90% of lacquered chopsticks in Japan. Craftspeople here produce a variety of chopsticks with modern designs, in addition to the highest quality chopsticks in which shells and gold/silver leaf are repeatedly coated with lacquer to highlight their beautiful patterns. Chopsticks are a local specialty of Obama,and there are shops specializing in chopsticks There is also a Chopsticks Festival every August in which a special Buddhist service is held for chopsticks.
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Wakasa lacquerware (called Wakasa-nuri in Japanese) is produced in the area around the city of Obama, Fukui prefecture. It is said to have originated in the early Edo period (1603-1868) when a craftsman serving the Obama domain (now the city of Obama), which controlled the region near Wakasa Bay, created a design depicting the beautiful depths of the sea. Wakasa Bay is a picturesque area because as a ria coast made up of numerous small bays. A few of these locations are Amanohashidate, one of the Three Most Scenic Spots of Japan, and Kehi no Matsubara, one of the Three Most Scenic Pine Groves of Japan.
The defining elements of Wakasa lacquerware are the creation of patterns with eggshells, seashells, and pine needles and the use of the togidashi maki-e, a technique which is elevation of the pattern through applying multiple layers of lacquer. These features give this craft a unique and composed appearance. It is also prized artistically, unlike various other types of lacquerware that are more appreciated for functionality only.
Wakasa lacquerware is popular for daily use due to its durability against heat and water, with the chopsticks accounting for more than eighty percent of the lacquer chopsticks produced domestically. Another appealing aspect is that the entire production process is completed by a single craftsman, giving individuality for each piece.
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History
Wakasa lacquerware is said to have started around the years 1596 to 1615, when Sanjuro MATSUURA, a lacquer craftsman working for the Obama domain, designed and produced a lacquerware pattern based on the seabed of Wakasa Bay, using Chinese lacquerware as a reference. The improved version of this original prototype was called Kikuji lacquerware, from which Matsuura's disciples invented the isokusa lacquerware technique. The techniques that are being passed down to this day were perfected between 1658 and 1660. The lord of the Obama domain then named the craft, Wakasa lacquerware, and actively promoted production as a side job among lower class samurai, ashigaru.
Due to the support from a successive generation of lords, the production of this craft grew to a core industry that supported the economy of the domain. Numerous outstanding craftsmen emerged, leading to various new beautiful designs. The middle to late Edo period (1603-1868) is said to have been the golden age of Wakasa lacquerware, though it remained popular as a local specialty of the region even after the Meiji period (1868-1912). Today, craftsmen are researching ways to create new designs that will suit modern trends.
General Production Process
3. Cloth pasting
4. Undercoating
3. Intermediate coating
4. Creating patterns
5. Mixed coating
6. Gold leaf placemen
7. Heavy coating
8. Stone polishing
9. Charcoal polishing
10. Polishing
► Where to Buy & More Information
Fukui Ceramics Center
• Address
103 Shimorokujocho, Fukui-shi, Fukui, 918-8135, Japan
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+81-776-41-3611
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旅の星 Tabinohoshi 「若狭～お水送りと鯖街道」 Wakasa Obama, Japan vol.13
★日本語の字幕(CC)を選択してお楽しみください
★Please select English (CC) for English captions.
★旅之星《若狭~送水祭与鲭街道》
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★旅之星《若狹～送水祭與鯖街道》
選擇繁體字字幕 敬請觀賞
★타비노호시 '와카사 ~ 오미즈오쿠리와 사바카이도'
한국어 자막으로 보실 수 있습니다
福井県 小浜市
若狭小浜にある神宮寺では、
毎年、奈良東大寺に向けたお水送りが行われる。
その松明行列や護摩壇の迫力には圧倒される。
若狭から京都地方に向け、
海産物を届けるための道、鯖街道。
その道中に、熊川宿があった。
その歴史的町並みを探訪する。
Wakasa - Omizu-Okuri and Saba Kaido Road
Obama City, Fukui Prefecture
Obama City, Fukui Prefecture
Every year, Shinguji Temple in Wakasa-Obama religiously ‘sends water’
to Nigatsudo Temple in Nara as a time-honor gesture of camaraderie.
The torch-lit procession featured in this ritual and the alter
where the torches are lit are breathtaking.
This film introduces you to the historical townscape of Kumagawa
that long ago served as a layover point for merchants transporting
marine products from Wakasa to Kyoto along the Sabakaido.
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若狭おばま観光協会
ふくいドットコム
鯖街道 熊川宿
朽木屋
若狭三方五湖観光協会
歴史街道推進協議会
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Cherry Blossoms in Fukui, Japan | Experience Fukui
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Eihei-ji Temple ( 大本山永平寺 )
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Fukui Pref. Press Tour: The host of 2010 Japan APEC Energy Ministerial Meeting
4-5 March, 2010 【Fukui Pref. Press Tour: The host of 2010 Japan APEC Energy Ministerial Meeting】
This June, Fukui Prefecture will be hosting the 2010 Japan APEC Energy Ministerial Meeting, which the energy ministers from 21 countries and regions, mainly from Asia Pacific, will be gathering to discuss global warming issues and energy conservation measures. In order to cover the prefectural approach to centralization of energy R&D/human resources in Asia, 14 journalists from the U.K., Taiwan, Germany, Vietnam, Korea, China, Bangladesh, France, Italy, and the UAE took part in the press tour.
The participating journalists visited the prefectural energy R&D hub, Wakasa Wan Energy Research Center, and Monju, the prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR), which is now set for restart after a gap of 15 years. They also heard from Governor Issei Nishikawa about the Energy R&D Centralization Plan as well as the prefectural industry, food and other items.
On the second day, the group of journalists learned about Japanese candles by visiting the historical Japanese candle maker, Kodaikokuya, which started business in the center of Fukui City in 1865. Mr. Ryuichiro Otsu, the executive director and seventh generation of Kodaikokuya, explained his attempts to make new-style Japanese candles while preserving the identity of tradition, and he gave the journalists a guided factory tour. At the Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins, which are the ruins of the castle town of the 16th century, the journalists heard about the excavation research which started in 1967 and its history. The journalists also enjoyed the local traditional dishes called Asakura Zen which was served by the group of local housewives who are trying to preserve the traditional recipe.
At the end of the tour they made quick visits to Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, the leading-edge of dinosaur research in East Asia, and Maruoka Castle, which is famous as the oldest standing castle in Japan.
*Fukui Prefecture, the host, and the Foreign Press Center, Japan co-organized this press tour.
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Trip to fish market in Fukui Japan. Miotsukushi Wakasa fish merket/museum.
Obama Food Culture Museum
Wakasa Obama Fish Center
Central Part of Obama City in Fukui 福井県 小浜市
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旅の星 Tabinohoshi 「東吉野村～高見山霧氷と冬旅」 Higashiyoshino, Japan vol.24
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奈良県 東吉野村
高見山の霧氷は人気が高い。
また、清流の美しさと
山里の温泉には心と体が癒される。
丹生川上神社、天誅組など
歴史ロマン漂う村めぐりの冬旅だった。
Higashiyoshino Village – Frost on Mt. Takami and a Winter’s Journey
Higashiyoshino Village, Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture
This film showed you the wintry highlights of
Higashiyoshino Village, Nara Prefecture.
The journey included a visit to the frost-covered trees on Mt. Takami,
a dip in the pristine hot springs to heal the body and mind,
plus an encounter with history of the Tenchu-gumi loyalists
and Niukawakami-jinja Shine.
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東吉野村観光協会
高見山
たかすみ温泉・たかすみ文庫
ニホンオオカミの像
天誅組
原石鼎 石鼎庵
七滝八壺
やはた温泉
ふるさと村
丹生川上神社
歴史街道推進協議会
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This adventure was offered to delegates of the Adventure Travel World Summit 2016, powered by the Adventure Travel Trade Association with the support of Visit Anchorage.
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Videographer: Fredrick Bye
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New Tomei Expressway, one of the most linear expressways in Japan.
Despite the design maximum speed of 140 km / h, it was still specified as 100 km / h, but recently the maximum speed was partially increased to 110 km / h.
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Following in the footsteps of Tomiko Yamakawa [PR for Fukui]
This time, we will introduce Tomiko Yamakawa, who was a poet from Obama City during the Meiji Period. She had an arranged marriage that her parents decided at the age of 22 but lost her husband next year. Afterwards, she entered the English Literature Department of Japan Women’s University and published the collaborated anthology of poems “Koigoromo” with Akiko Yosano and Masako Masuda. However, she suffered tuberculosis and died at the age of 29 in 1909.
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From the TV program [PR for Fukui], broadcasted on May 4th, 2014. It is reprinted with permission from Fukui Prefecture. (Subtitled by GEN)
Fukui's Lake Kuzuryu in Winter
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Japan Travel: Fukui Prefecture Beautiful country side Fukui04
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Fukui Prefecture (福井県) is a prefecture of Japan located on the coast of the Sea of Honshu island. The capital is the city of Fukui. Among its most famous tourist attractions are Eiheiji Temple and the Fukui Dinosaur Museum, Japan's best museum of its kind. Prefectural capital is Fukui City. There are many local cuisine and gourmet restaurants in the prefecture.
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【HD】Japanese beautiful scenery of cherry blossoms
From Nara, Japan.
Very beautiful scenery when cherry blossoms are full bloom in Japan.
Best Places to Visit in Japan During Summer! Japan Travel Guide
Wakasa Wada in Takahama, Fukui has to be among the best places in Japan to visit during the summer. It has a beautiful beach, outdoor activities, and a ton of other traditional Japanese stuff to do.
It's not too far from Kyoto and if you have the JR Pass you can use it to get there!
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