First there was Obama fever–Of course I’m talking about the excitement in the small Japanese town in Fukui called 小浜, obama. Now that that fever has turned to a cold sweat, we have a new and updated reason to be proud here in Fukui–Governor Palin’s glasses:

The local television news just reported her glasses were designed and made in Sabae (鯖江) City. Sabae is famous for glasses as one can tell from my blurry picture:

They interviewed the designer of the glasses. He said the demand for that design has gone through the roof. Evidently that company was facing some economic slowdown …An economic slowdown no more.

Here is Sabae’s city website. No mention of Governor Palin’s glasses yet. Some webmaster is slacking… This could be big.