Tondabayashi, Osaka
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Cities of Japan
||A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of...
located in Osaka
Osaka Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the Kansai region on Honshū, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Osaka. It is the center of Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto area.- History :...
, Japan
Japan
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As of 2010, the city has an estimated population
Population
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of 120,483 and the density
Population density
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of 3,040 persons per km². The total area is 39.66 km².
The city was founded on April 1, 1950.
This city is home to the biggest annual fireworks
Fireworks
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display in the world The PL
PL Kyodan
, is a Japanese Shinshūkyō founded in 1924 by Tokuharu Miki , who was a priest in the Obaku Sect of Zen Buddhism. The stated aim of the Church of Perfect Liberty is to bring about world peace.-Teachings:...
Fireworks Display. The display consists of a minimum of 100,000 shells fired in less than an hour. Tondabayashi's sister city is Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.