Obama, a bustling port town

Obama has long had deep ties with Kyoto. In Obama, which looks out on Wakasa Bay, Kyoto culture is still deeply rooted in everyday life.

In Sanchomachi, where houses with facade lattices of evenly spaced vertical timber bars stand with their eaves together, the air is full of the sound of shamisens and Kyoto dialect echoing in the casual conversation of women passing by dressed in kimono, giving the illusion that visitors are in fact walking through the neighborhood of Gion in Kyoto. It is a charming and elegant scene indeed.

Sanchōmachi is at once refined and emotional; it has elegance and charm that draws in travelers instinctively.
Katori, Obama