Sumida ward

E689412

municipality in Japan special ward of Tokyo

Sumida ward is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan, known for landmarks such as the Tokyo Skytree and its mix of traditional neighborhoods and modern urban development.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Sumida Ward	8
Sumida ward canonical	5
Sumida Ward Assembly	1
Sumida-ku	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7437971 — 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: Sumida ward
Context triple: [Oshiage Station (Toei Asakusa Line), servesArea, Sumida ward]

A. Meguro Ward
Meguro Ward is a residential and commercial district in southwest Tokyo known for its urban neighborhoods, cultural sites, and convenient rail access to central Tokyo.
B. Taisho Ward
Taisho Ward is one of Osaka City's 24 wards, known as a coastal industrial and residential area with strong ties to the port and a notable Okinawan community.
C. Higashi Ward
Higashi Ward is one of the municipal wards of Kumamoto City in Japan, functioning as a local administrative and residential district within the urban area.
D. Itabashi
Itabashi is a special ward in northern Tokyo, Japan, known as a primarily residential area with a mix of traditional neighborhoods and modern urban infrastructure.
E. Shinagawa
Shinagawa is a major commercial and transportation hub in Tokyo, Japan, known for its busy railway station, business districts, and waterfront developments.
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: Sumida ward
Target entity description: Sumida ward is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan, known for landmarks such as the Tokyo Skytree and its mix of traditional neighborhoods and modern urban development.

A. Meguro Ward
Meguro Ward is a residential and commercial district in southwest Tokyo known for its urban neighborhoods, cultural sites, and convenient rail access to central Tokyo.
B. Taisho Ward
Taisho Ward is one of Osaka City's 24 wards, known as a coastal industrial and residential area with strong ties to the port and a notable Okinawan community.
C. Higashi Ward
Higashi Ward is one of the municipal wards of Kumamoto City in Japan, functioning as a local administrative and residential district within the urban area.
D. Itabashi
Itabashi is a special ward in northern Tokyo, Japan, known as a primarily residential area with a mix of traditional neighborhoods and modern urban infrastructure.
E. Shinagawa
Shinagawa is a major commercial and transportation hub in Tokyo, Japan, known for its busy railway station, business districts, and waterfront developments.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality in Japan ⓘ special ward of Tokyo ⓘ
borderedBy	Adachi ward NERFINISHED ⓘ Chiyoda ward NERFINISHED ⓘ Chūō ward NERFINISHED ⓘ Edogawa ward NERFINISHED ⓘ Katsushika ward NERFINISHED ⓘ Kōtō ward NERFINISHED ⓘ Taitō ward NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
governmentType	special-ward government ⓘ
hasAreaCode	03 ⓘ
hasCityHall	Sumida City Office NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDistrict	Higashi-Mukōjima NERFINISHED ⓘ Honjo NERFINISHED ⓘ Kinshichō NERFINISHED ⓘ Mukōjima NERFINISHED ⓘ Oshiage NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryōgoku NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasJapaneseName	墨田区 ⓘ
hasLandmark	Edo-Tokyo Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryōgoku Kokugikan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sumida Aquarium NERFINISHED ⓘ Sumida Hokusai Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokyo Skytree NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokyo Skytree Town NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokyo Solamachi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMayor	Toru Yamamoto NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOfficialName	Sumida-ku NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix	130 ⓘ 131 ⓘ
hasRailwayOperator	JR East NERFINISHED ⓘ Tobu Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ Toei Subway NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokyo Metro NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRailwayStation	Hikifune Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Kinshichō Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Oshiage Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryōgoku Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRiver	Arakawa River NERFINISHED ⓘ Sumida River NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Tokyo Skytree NERFINISHED ⓘ mix of traditional neighborhoods and modern urban development ⓘ sumo culture in Ryōgoku ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Honshu ⓘ Kantō region ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Japan Standard Time ⓘ
partOf	Tokyo Metropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
UTCOffset	+9 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Toei Asakusa Line at Oshiage → servesArea → Sumida ward ⓘ

subject surface form: Oshiage Station (Toei Asakusa Line)

Tobu Skytree Line → serves → Sumida ward ⓘ