Kadoma

Kadoma is a city in the east-central part of Osaka Prefecture, Japan, adjacent to the Osaka metropolis, of which it is a satellite city. It measures roughly 4.9 kilometres east to west and 4.3 kilometres north to south, with the Furukawa River running through its centre. The area lay within ancient Kawachi Province, and during the Jōmon period it was under Kawachi Bay, an inlet of Osaka Bay, which became a lake in the Yayoi period. Kadoma was raised to town status in 1939 and to city status on 1 August 1963, and residents of Kadoma and neighbouring Moriguchi overwhelmingly rejected a plan to merge the two cities in 2005. Kadoma was traditionally known as the breadbasket of Osaka and was noted for its lotus roots; it is now largely a commuter town, though Panasonic, Tiger Corporation and Kaiyodo have their headquarters there. The estimated population was 116,511 and the area is 12.30 square kilometres.