Obama, Japan welcomes Obama

an 20 - The Japanese residents of Obama city have staged a massive party to mark the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama.

The city is nowhere near Washington DC, where Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, but they had a massive party all the same.

Excited locals and Obama fans flocked to a temple to celebrate the inauguration - Hawaiian style - as a tribute to Obama's birthplace.