Kadena (嘉手納町, Kadena-chō, Okinawan: Kadina) is a town located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

The Kadena area has some of the oldest settlement remains, in the form of shell mounds, on Okinawa Island.

[5] The Hija River, the modern border between Yomitan and Kadena, was the focus of these early settlements.

During the Battle of Okinawa in 1945, the United States landed on the banks of the Hija River and captured the airstrip.

On January 1, 1976, four years after Okinawa reverted to Japanese control, Kadena was elevated to town status.