Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri

E137151

Japanese festival matsuri

Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri is a famous and energetic Japanese festival in Osaka Prefecture known for its massive, elaborately carved wooden floats that are pulled at high speed through the streets.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri canonical	2
Kishiwada Danjiri Festival	1
Kishiwada Danjiri Festival area	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1192734 — 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: Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri
Context triple: [Kishiwada, hasFestival, Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri]

A. Gion Matsuri
Gion Matsuri is one of Japan’s most famous and historic summer festivals, renowned for its grand yamaboko parade floats and month-long celebrations in Kyoto.
B. Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival
The Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival is a renowned classical music festival in Matsumoto, Japan, founded and led by conductor Seiji Ozawa, featuring high-level orchestral and operatic performances and educational programs.
C. Jidai Matsuri
Jidai Matsuri is a major annual historical parade in Kyoto that celebrates the city’s rich past with participants dressed in costumes from various eras of Japanese history.
D. Yabun Festival
Yabun Festival is a major annual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural celebration in Sydney that showcases Indigenous music, dance, and community on 26 January.
E. Daijōsai (Great Thanksgiving Festival) ceremonies
Daijōsai (Great Thanksgiving Festival) ceremonies are traditional Japanese imperial rites in which a newly enthroned emperor offers first fruits of the harvest to the deities and prays for the nation’s prosperity.
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: Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri
Target entity description: Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri is a famous and energetic Japanese festival in Osaka Prefecture known for its massive, elaborately carved wooden floats that are pulled at high speed through the streets.

A. Gion Matsuri
Gion Matsuri is one of Japan’s most famous and historic summer festivals, renowned for its grand yamaboko parade floats and month-long celebrations in Kyoto.
B. Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival
The Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival is a renowned classical music festival in Matsumoto, Japan, founded and led by conductor Seiji Ozawa, featuring high-level orchestral and operatic performances and educational programs.
C. Jidai Matsuri
Jidai Matsuri is a major annual historical parade in Kyoto that celebrates the city’s rich past with participants dressed in costumes from various eras of Japanese history.
D. Yabun Festival
Yabun Festival is a major annual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural celebration in Sydney that showcases Indigenous music, dance, and community on 26 January.
E. Daijōsai (Great Thanksgiving Festival) ceremonies
Daijōsai (Great Thanksgiving Festival) ceremonies are traditional Japanese imperial rites in which a newly enthroned emperor offers first fruits of the harvest to the deities and prays for the nation’s prosperity.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese festival ⓘ matsuri ⓘ
associatedWith	Kishiwada Castle town ⓘ linked to: Kishiwada Castle
attracts	domestic tourists ⓘ international tourists ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
culturalStatus	famous traditional festival in Japan ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasFeature	elaborate wood carvings on floats ⓘ sharp cornering of floats at intersections ⓘ teams pulling floats with ropes ⓘ
hasObject	danjiri float ⓘ festival costumes (happi coats) ⓘ festival lanterns ⓘ taiko drums ⓘ
hasParticipant	children ⓘ float pullers ⓘ local residents ⓘ musicians ⓘ
hasSubEvent	nighttime lantern processions ⓘ parades through shopping streets ⓘ
hasType	float festival ⓘ
heldInMonth	September ⓘ
knownFor	elaborately carved floats ⓘ energetic and dangerous turns (yarimawashi) ⓘ high-speed float pulling through streets ⓘ massive wooden danjiri floats ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture ⓘ linked to: Kishiwada Osaka Prefecture ⓘ
mainVenue	Kishiwada Castle area ⓘ linked to: Kishiwada Castle
music	festival chants ⓘ taiko drumming ⓘ
organisedBy	local neighborhoods (chō) ⓘ
purpose	community bonding ⓘ praying for a good harvest ⓘ
region	Kansai region ⓘ
religion	Shinto ⓘ
risk	accidents due to high-speed turns ⓘ
season	autumn festival ⓘ
startDate	early 18th century ⓘ
startDateApprox	circa 1703 ⓘ
tourism	major tourist attraction in Osaka Prefecture ⓘ
transportationImpact	road closures in Kishiwada city ⓘ
visualStyle	dynamic street processions ⓘ ornate traditional craftsmanship on floats ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Kishiwada → hasFestival → Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri ⓘ

Kishiwada → knownFor → Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri ⓘ

Kishiwada Castle → near → Kishiwada Danjiri Festival area ⓘ

linked to: Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri

Southern Osaka Prefecture → hasCulturalEvent → Kishiwada Danjiri Festival ⓘ

subject linked to: southern Osaka Prefecture