Odawara
E329012
Odawara is a coastal city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, known for its historic Odawara Castle and role as a strategic post town along historic and modern transportation routes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Odawara canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2480099 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Odawara Context triple: [Tōkaidō Main Line, connectsCity, Odawara]
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A.
Kamakura
Kamakura is a historic coastal city in Japan renowned for its Great Buddha statue, numerous temples and shrines, and role as the political center of the Kamakura shogunate.
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B.
Moriguchi
Moriguchi is a city in Japan’s Kansai region that forms part of the Osaka metropolitan area and serves as a residential and commercial hub.
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C.
Chiba
Chiba is a major city in Japan located east of Tokyo, known as the capital of Chiba Prefecture and a key commercial and residential hub in the Greater Tokyo Area.
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D.
Ōiso, Kanagawa
Ōiso, Kanagawa is a coastal town in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, known as a historic seaside resort and former retreat for prominent political figures such as Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida.
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E.
Arakawa, Tokyo
Arakawa, Tokyo is a special ward in northeastern Tokyo known for its mix of traditional shitamachi neighborhoods, residential areas, and industrial zones.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Odawara Target entity description: Odawara is a coastal city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, known for its historic Odawara Castle and role as a strategic post town along historic and modern transportation routes.
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A.
Kamakura
Kamakura is a historic coastal city in Japan renowned for its Great Buddha statue, numerous temples and shrines, and role as the political center of the Kamakura shogunate.
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B.
Moriguchi
Moriguchi is a city in Japan’s Kansai region that forms part of the Osaka metropolitan area and serves as a residential and commercial hub.
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C.
Chiba
Chiba is a major city in Japan located east of Tokyo, known as the capital of Chiba Prefecture and a key commercial and residential hub in the Greater Tokyo Area.
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D.
Ōiso, Kanagawa
Ōiso, Kanagawa is a coastal town in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, known as a historic seaside resort and former retreat for prominent political figures such as Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida.
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E.
Arakawa, Tokyo
Arakawa, Tokyo is a special ward in northeastern Tokyo known for its mix of traditional shitamachi neighborhoods, residential areas, and industrial zones.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality of Japan ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Hakone
ⓘ
Manazuru NERFINISHED ⓘ Minamiashigara NERFINISHED ⓘ Nakai ⓘ Yugawara ⓘ Ōi ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| governedBy | Odawara City Hall ⓘ |
| hasClimate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| hasFestival | Odawara Hojo Godai Festival ⓘ |
| hasIndustry |
fishing
ⓘ
food processing ⓘ light manufacturing ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Hotoku Ninomiya Shrine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ishigakiyama Ichiya Castle ruins ⓘ Odawara Castle ⓘ Odawara Castle Park ⓘ Odawara Fishing Port ⓘ Suzuhiro Kamaboko Village ⓘ |
| hasSisterCity |
Chula Vista
ⓘ
surface form:
Chula Vista, California
Lübeck ⓘ Manly, New South Wales ⓘ
surface form:
Manly (Northern Beaches), New South Wales
Wudang District, Guiyang ⓘ |
| hasStation | Odawara Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSymbol | Odawara Castle ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
castle town
ⓘ
post station on the Tōkaidō ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Odawara Castle
ⓘ
access to Hakone area ⓘ coastal scenery ⓘ historic post town on the Tōkaidō ⓘ kamaboko fish cakes ⓘ seafood ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kanagawa Prefecture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kantō region ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Hakone volcano
ⓘ
surface form:
Hakone volcanic area
Mount Hakone ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
coast of Sagami Bay ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tokyo metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Tokyo Area
|
| prefecturalCapitalOf | none ⓘ |
| servedAs | seat of the Late Hōjō clan ⓘ |
| servedBy |
Odawara Station
ⓘ
surface form:
Tokaido Shinkansen at Odawara Station
|
| subdivisionType | city ⓘ |
| timeZone | Japan Standard Time ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
Hakone Tozan Railway
ⓘ
Odakyu Odawara Line ⓘ Shōnan–Shinjuku Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Tōkaidō Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Tōmei Expressway (nearby access) ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +09:00 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Odawara Description of subject: Odawara is a coastal city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, known for its historic Odawara Castle and role as a strategic post town along historic and modern transportation routes.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.