Hadano, city (1990 pop. 155,619), Kanagawa prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan. An important communications center and agricultural market, the city is a center of tobacco trading. The production of computers, textiles, sake, and soy sauce are among its main industries.

Hadano (Japanese: 秦野市; -shi) is a shi (city) in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

As of March 2008, Hadano has an estimated population of 169,111 and a population density of 1,632.19 persons per km²; it has a total area of 103.61 km².

Hadano was a regional commercial center during the Edo period following the introduction of tobacco cultivation to the area. The curtains closed on the industry's 300-year history in 1984, and the city no longer has any tobacco farmers. A former tobacco-trading center and processing plant belonging to Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation (now Japan Tobacco) has been replaced by a large shopping mall.

Hadano became a city as defined by Japanese law on January 1, 1955.

Transportation

• Route 246, to central Tokyo or Numazu
• Route 255, to Odawara
• Hadano-Nakai Interchange, Tomei Expressway
• Odakyu line (rail), Hadano station, to Shinjuku and Odawara

Tourist Attractions

• Tanzawa Mountains
• Tsurumaki Hot Spring
• Ōyama

Other Institutions

• Tokai University

External links

• Official website