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Kadoma
Japan
Kadoma, city, east-central Ōsaka fu (urban prefecture), west-central Honshu, Japan. It is located on the left bank of the Yodo River, bordering Ōsaka city.
Kadoma, Japan: Namihaya DomeNamihaya Dome, a sporting arena in Kadoma, Japan.
The city is known for its cultivation of lotus flowers. After the establishment of a railway connection to Ōsaka in 1909, industrialization was rapid. The Matsushita Electric Industrial Company moved to Kadoma in 1933 to establish factories producing electrical machinery, appliances, plastics, and building materials. Namihaya Dome, a multipurpose sports facility, was opened in the city in 1996. Pop. (2005) 131,674; (2010) 130,282.
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