Kōshien Station
E135584
Kōshien Station is a railway station in Nishinomiya, Japan, best known as the main access point for the historic Hanshin Koshien Stadium, home of Japan’s famed high school baseball tournaments.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Koshien Station | 1 |
| Kōshien Station canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1061185 — 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: Kōshien Station Context triple: [Hanshin Koshien Stadium, accessibleBy, Kōshien Station]
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A.
Miebashi Station
Miebashi Station is a monorail station on the Okinawa Urban Monorail (Yui Rail) system serving central Naha in Okinawa, Japan.
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B.
Namba Station
Namba Station is one of Osaka’s major railway and subway terminals, serving as a key commercial and transportation hub in the city’s bustling Namba district.
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C.
Tsukamoto Station
Tsukamoto Station is a railway station in Osaka, Japan, served by JR West and located just west of the major Osaka Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line).
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D.
Tennoji Station
Tennoji Station is a major railway and transportation hub in Osaka, Japan, serving multiple JR, subway, and private railway lines and connecting key commercial and tourist areas.
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E.
Takatsuki Station
Takatsuki Station is a major railway station in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, serving as an important stop on the JR Kyoto Line between Osaka and Kyoto.
- 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: Kōshien Station Target entity description: Kōshien Station is a railway station in Nishinomiya, Japan, best known as the main access point for the historic Hanshin Koshien Stadium, home of Japan’s famed high school baseball tournaments.
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A.
Miebashi Station
Miebashi Station is a monorail station on the Okinawa Urban Monorail (Yui Rail) system serving central Naha in Okinawa, Japan.
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B.
Namba Station
Namba Station is one of Osaka’s major railway and subway terminals, serving as a key commercial and transportation hub in the city’s bustling Namba district.
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C.
Tsukamoto Station
Tsukamoto Station is a railway station in Osaka, Japan, served by JR West and located just west of the major Osaka Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line).
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D.
Tennoji Station
Tennoji Station is a major railway and transportation hub in Osaka, Japan, serving multiple JR, subway, and private railway lines and connecting key commercial and tourist areas.
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E.
Takatsuki Station
Takatsuki Station is a major railway station in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, serving as an important stop on the JR Kyoto Line between Osaka and Kyoto.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | railway station ⓘ |
| connectedTo | road network around Kōshien Stadium ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| fareSystem |
IC card compatible
ⓘ
ICOCA accepted ⓘ PiTaPa accepted ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
elevators
ⓘ
escalators ⓘ restrooms ⓘ ticket gates ⓘ |
| hasNearbyAttraction |
Hanshin Koshien Stadium
ⓘ
commercial facilities ⓘ restaurants ⓘ retail shops ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFacility |
bus terminal
ⓘ
taxi stand ⓘ |
| hasPassengerFlow |
high during baseball tournaments
ⓘ
moderate on regular days ⓘ |
| hasServicePattern |
express trains stop
ⓘ
limited express trains stop ⓘ local trains stop ⓘ |
| hasStationCode | HS 14 ⓘ |
| languageOfSignage |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hyōgo Prefecture
ⓘ
linked to:
Hyogo Prefecture
Kansai region ⓘ Nishinomiya ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Hanshin Koshien Stadium
ⓘ
Kōshien residential district ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Kōshien area ⓘ |
| notableFor |
access to national high school baseball championship
ⓘ
access to spring invitational high school baseball tournament ⓘ crowd management during baseball tournaments ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1924 ⓘ |
| operator |
Hanshin Electric Railway
ⓘ
linked to:
Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
|
| platformType | island platforms ⓘ |
| primaryAccessPointFor | Hanshin Koshien Stadium ⓘ |
| railwayLine | Hanshin Main Line ⓘ |
| railwayNetwork |
Hanshin Railway network
ⓘ
linked to:
Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
|
| regionServed | Hanshin area ⓘ |
| safetyFeature | platform edge fences (on some platforms) ⓘ |
| serves |
Hanshin Koshien Stadium
ⓘ
Nishinomiya city ⓘ
linked to:
Nishinomiya
|
| servesEvent |
National High School Baseball Championship
ⓘ
Spring Koshien invitational tournament ⓘ |
| structureType | elevated station ⓘ |
| ticketing |
IC card readers
ⓘ
automatic ticket machines ⓘ |
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: Kōshien Station Description of subject: Kōshien Station is a railway station in Nishinomiya, Japan, best known as the main access point for the historic Hanshin Koshien Stadium, home of Japan’s famed high school baseball tournaments.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kōshien Station