Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
E576168
Yokohama, in Kanagawa Prefecture, is Japan’s second-largest city and a major international port known for its historic role in opening Japan to foreign trade and its modern waterfront skyline.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan | 4 |
| Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan canonical | 2 |
| 神奈川県横浜市 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6206096 — 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: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Context triple: [Saburō Kurusu, placeOfBirth, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan]
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Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Yokosuka, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, is a major naval port city hosting both Japanese and U.S. military bases and serving as an important maritime and industrial center.
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B.
Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Atsugi, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, is a city in the Greater Tokyo area known for its mix of residential neighborhoods, industrial facilities, and technology-related offices.
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C.
Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Kawasaki, Kanagawa is a major industrial and residential city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, situated between Tokyo and Yokohama along the Tama River.
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D.
Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan
Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan is a coastal resort town near Tokyo known for its scenic beaches, imperial villa, and association with the Japanese imperial family.
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E.
Shizuoka City, Japan
Shizuoka City, Japan is a coastal city in central Honshu known for its views of Mount Fuji, green tea production, and role as a regional economic and cultural center.
- 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: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Target entity description: Yokohama, in Kanagawa Prefecture, is Japan’s second-largest city and a major international port known for its historic role in opening Japan to foreign trade and its modern waterfront skyline.
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A.
Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Yokosuka, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, is a major naval port city hosting both Japanese and U.S. military bases and serving as an important maritime and industrial center.
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B.
Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Atsugi, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, is a city in the Greater Tokyo area known for its mix of residential neighborhoods, industrial facilities, and technology-related offices.
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C.
Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Kawasaki, Kanagawa is a major industrial and residential city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, situated between Tokyo and Yokohama along the Tama River.
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D.
Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan
Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan is a coastal resort town near Tokyo known for its scenic beaches, imperial villa, and association with the Japanese imperial family.
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E.
Shizuoka City, Japan
Shizuoka City, Japan is a coastal city in central Honshu known for its views of Mount Fuji, green tea production, and role as a regional economic and cultural center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
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port city ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| famousDistrict |
Kannai
NERFINISHED
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Minato Mirai 21 NERFINISHED ⓘ Motomachi NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokohama Chinatown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | designated city ⓘ |
| hasAirportAccessTo | Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Cosmo Clock 21
NERFINISHED
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Cup Noodles Museum Yokohama NERFINISHED ⓘ Harbor View Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Nippon Maru (museum ship) NERFINISHED ⓘ Osanbashi Pier NERFINISHED ⓘ Sankeien Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ Yamashita Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokohama Anpanman Children’s Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokohama Arena NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokohama Bay Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokohama Cosmo World NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokohama Landmark Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokohama Marine Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokohama Museum of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokohama Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorPort | Port of Yokohama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUniversity |
Ferris University
NERFINISHED
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Kanagawa University NERFINISHED ⓘ Kanto Gakuin University NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokohama City University NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokohama National University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | opening of Yokohama Port in 1859 ⓘ |
| isCapitalOf | Kanagawa Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
historic role in opening Japan to foreign trade
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international port ⓘ modern waterfront skyline ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| localDialect | Yokohama-ben NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kanagawa Prefecture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kantō region ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Tokyo Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorIndustry |
automobile manufacturing
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port logistics ⓘ shipping ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| numberOfWards | 18 ⓘ |
| openedToForeignTrade | 1859 ⓘ |
| partOf | Greater Tokyo Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationRankInJapan | 2 ⓘ |
| railHubFor |
JR East
NERFINISHED
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Keikyu Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ Sotetsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokyu Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokohama Municipal Subway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sisterCity |
Lyon, France
NERFINISHED
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Mumbai, India NERFINISHED ⓘ San Diego, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Shanghai, China NERFINISHED ⓘ Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sportsTeam |
Yokohama DeNA BayStars
NERFINISHED
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Yokohama F. Marinos NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokohama FC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | ward ⓘ |
| timeZone | Japan Standard Time ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +9 ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Description of subject: Yokohama, in Kanagawa Prefecture, is Japan’s second-largest city and a major international port known for its historic role in opening Japan to foreign trade and its modern waterfront skyline.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
星野仙一
this entity surface form:
神奈川県横浜市
this entity surface form:
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
this entity surface form:
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency
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headquarters
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Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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this entity surface form:
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
this entity surface form:
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan