Obamania Spans the Globe.

I thought this was cute. Not in the way that short curly haired girls think pugs are cute, but in a "Enthusiastic Japanese People are cute" sort of way...

The article, in short, is about a little Japanese town named...

....you guessed it...Obama.

And so Obama sprang into action, its desire to escape the countryside’s anonymity interwoven with Senator Barack Obama's run for the White House. A support group was formed. Primary day events were held. And “Go Obama!” posters were put up.

On Monday, as expectations ran high here that Mr. Obama would sweep Tuesday’s primaries in Wisconsin and Hawaii, Obama, population 32,000, was making plans to buttress its support. Businessmen were getting ready with “I love Obama” T-shirts, a theme song called “Obama Is a Wonderful World” and sweet bean cakes with Mr. Obama’s face on them. City Hall was going to send a daruma doll with “victory” written across its chest, a traditional good-luck charm in Japanese elections.