{"id":19454,"date":"2026-03-11T13:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T04:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/19_0006\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T03:07:13","slug":"19_0006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/19_0006\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once a gateway for continental trade, Obama is a cultural hub known as &#8220;Nara by the Sea&#8221; for its many national treasure temples and statues. Located in the Reinan area, it offers stunning views of Wakasa Bay and dynamic cruises to the Sotomo sea caves. It also gained international fame for sharing its name with former U.S. President Obama. Famous for Wakasa lacquered chopsticks, it&#8217;s a place where rich seafood and centuries of quiet prayer culture meet to soothe the soul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once a gateway for continental trade, Obama is a cultural hub known as &#8220;Nara by the Sea&#8221; for its many national treasure temples and statues. Located in the Reinan area, it offers stunning views of Wakasa Bay and dynamic cruises to the Sotomo sea caves. It also gained international fame for sharing its name with former U.S. President Obama. Famous for Wakasa lacquered chopsticks, it&#8217;s a place where rich seafood and centuries of quiet prayer culture meet to soothe the soul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1318],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fukui"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Obama City | V-Trip Japan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Once a gateway for continental trade, Obama is a cultural hub known as &quot;Nara by the Sea&quot; for its many national treasure temples and statues. Located in\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Obama City | V-Trip Japan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Once a gateway for continental trade, Obama is a cultural hub known as &quot;Nara by the Sea&quot; for its many national treasure temples and statues. Located in\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/19_0006\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"V-Trip Japan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-11T04:09:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-23T03:07:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ogp.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"V-trip Japan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"V-trip Japan\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/19_0006\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/19_0006\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"V-trip Japan\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cb1e0eb086de3caefb0e3bbe14cbbcb5\"},\"headline\":\"Obama City\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-11T04:09:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-23T03:07:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/19_0006\/\"},\"wordCount\":85,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Fukui\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/19_0006\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/19_0006\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/19_0006\/\",\"name\":\"Obama City | V-Trip Japan\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-11T04:09:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-23T03:07:13+00:00\",\"description\":\"Once a gateway for continental trade, Obama is a cultural hub known as \\\"Nara by the Sea\\\" for its many national treasure temples and statues. Located in\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/19_0006\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/19_0006\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/19_0006\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u30db\u30fc\u30e0\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Obama City\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"V-Trip Japan\",\"description\":\"See Japan Before You Go.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"V-Trip Japan\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/logo.png\",\"width\":513,\"height\":513,\"caption\":\"V-Trip Japan\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cb1e0eb086de3caefb0e3bbe14cbbcb5\",\"name\":\"V-trip Japan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab3d5473e9290908aeb171257c9ff47bcee0128667a34637241838eab19814ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab3d5473e9290908aeb171257c9ff47bcee0128667a34637241838eab19814ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"V-trip Japan\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Obama City | V-Trip Japan","description":"Once a gateway for continental trade, Obama is a cultural hub known as \"Nara by the Sea\" for its many national treasure temples and statues. Located in","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Obama City | V-Trip Japan","og_description":"Once a gateway for continental trade, Obama is a cultural hub known as \"Nara by the Sea\" for its many national treasure temples and statues. Located in","og_url":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/19_0006\/","og_site_name":"V-Trip Japan","article_published_time":"2026-03-11T04:09:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-03-23T03:07:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ogp.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"V-trip Japan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"V-trip Japan"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/19_0006\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/19_0006\/"},"author":{"name":"V-trip Japan","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cb1e0eb086de3caefb0e3bbe14cbbcb5"},"headline":"Obama City","datePublished":"2026-03-11T04:09:09+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-23T03:07:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/19_0006\/"},"wordCount":85,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Fukui"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/19_0006\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/19_0006\/","url":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/19_0006\/","name":"Obama City | V-Trip Japan","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-03-11T04:09:09+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-23T03:07:13+00:00","description":"Once a gateway for continental trade, Obama is a cultural hub known as \"Nara by the Sea\" for its many national treasure temples and statues. Located in","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/19_0006\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/19_0006\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/19_0006\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u30db\u30fc\u30e0","item":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Obama City"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/","name":"V-Trip Japan","description":"See Japan Before You Go.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#organization","name":"V-Trip Japan","url":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/logo.png","width":513,"height":513,"caption":"V-Trip Japan"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cb1e0eb086de3caefb0e3bbe14cbbcb5","name":"V-trip Japan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab3d5473e9290908aeb171257c9ff47bcee0128667a34637241838eab19814ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab3d5473e9290908aeb171257c9ff47bcee0128667a34637241838eab19814ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"V-trip Japan"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38941,"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19454\/revisions\/38941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}