Hongo Campus of the University of Tokyo

E181455

educational facility university campus

Hongo Campus of the University of Tokyo is the university’s historic main campus in central Tokyo, known for its traditional red-brick architecture, academic facilities, and role as a major center of research and higher education in Japan.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo	17
University of Tokyo Hongo Campus	15
Hongo Campus, University of Tokyo	9
University of Tokyo Hongo campus	4
Akamon (Red Gate) of the University of Tokyo	1
Hongo Campus of the University of Tokyo canonical	1
Hongo campus of the University of Tokyo	1
Hongo campus, University of Tokyo	1
The University of Tokyo Hongo Campus	1
Tokyo University Hongo Campus	1
University of Tokyo Hongo Campus main gate area	1
University of Tokyo Hongo main buildings	1
University of Tokyo main campus	1
東京大学本郷キャンパス	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1593122 — 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: Hongo Campus of the University of Tokyo
Context triple: [Hongo Campus, alsoKnownAs, Hongo Campus of the University of Tokyo]

A. Aoyama Campus
Aoyama Campus is the main urban campus of Aoyama Gakuin University, located in central Tokyo and known for its modern facilities and stylish, city-center atmosphere.
B. Nishi-Waseda Campus
Nishi-Waseda Campus is a major Waseda University campus in Tokyo known primarily for its science and engineering faculties and modern research facilities.
C. Nakano Campus
Nakano Campus is one of the University of Tokyo’s satellite campuses, hosting specialized academic and research facilities outside the university’s main Hongo location.
D. Yoshida Campus
Yoshida Campus is the main and historic campus of Kyoto University, located in Kyoto, Japan, and home to many of its core faculties and research facilities.
E. Minoh Campus
Minoh Campus is one of Osaka University's campuses, known for housing humanities and foreign studies faculties in a suburban area of Minoh City, Osaka Prefecture.
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: Hongo Campus of the University of Tokyo
Target entity description: Hongo Campus of the University of Tokyo is the university’s historic main campus in central Tokyo, known for its traditional red-brick architecture, academic facilities, and role as a major center of research and higher education in Japan.

A. Aoyama Campus
Aoyama Campus is the main urban campus of Aoyama Gakuin University, located in central Tokyo and known for its modern facilities and stylish, city-center atmosphere.
B. Nishi-Waseda Campus
Nishi-Waseda Campus is a major Waseda University campus in Tokyo known primarily for its science and engineering faculties and modern research facilities.
C. Nakano Campus
Nakano Campus is one of the University of Tokyo’s satellite campuses, hosting specialized academic and research facilities outside the university’s main Hongo location.
D. Yoshida Campus
Yoshida Campus is the main and historic campus of Kyoto University, located in Kyoto, Japan, and home to many of its core faculties and research facilities.
E. Minoh Campus
Minoh Campus is one of Osaka University's campuses, known for housing humanities and foreign studies faculties in a suburban area of Minoh City, Osaka Prefecture.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	educational facility ⓘ university campus ⓘ
access	served by Hongo-sanchome Station ⓘ served by Todaimae Station ⓘ
architecturalStyle	early 20th-century academic architecture ⓘ red-brick architecture ⓘ
campusOf	The University of Tokyo ⓘ linked to: University of Tokyo
contains	faculty offices ⓘ laboratories ⓘ lecture halls ⓘ libraries ⓘ student facilities ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
function	administration of the University of Tokyo ⓘ research ⓘ teaching ⓘ
hasLandmark	Akamon (Red Gate) ⓘ Yasuda Auditorium clock tower ⓘ linked to: Yasuda Auditorium
hasNickname	Hongo Campus ⓘ
hasPart	Akamon gate ⓘ Faculty of Engineering buildings ⓘ Faculty of Law buildings ⓘ Faculty of Letters buildings ⓘ Faculty of Science buildings ⓘ Graduate School of Engineering facilities ⓘ linked to: Graduate School of Engineering Graduate School of Science facilities ⓘ University of Tokyo General Library ⓘ University of Tokyo Hospital vicinity ⓘ Yasuda Auditorium ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic campus of national importance ⓘ
knownFor	academic facilities ⓘ higher education ⓘ research activities ⓘ traditional red-brick architecture ⓘ
languageOfEnvironment	Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan ⓘ linked to: Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan ⓘ linked to: Tokyo
near	Ochanomizu area of Tokyo ⓘ linked to: Ochanomizu area Ueno area of Tokyo ⓘ
operator	The University of Tokyo ⓘ linked to: University of Tokyo
partOf	The University of Tokyo ⓘ linked to: University of Tokyo
primaryLanguageOfInstruction	Japanese ⓘ
role	historic campus of the University of Tokyo ⓘ main campus of the University of Tokyo ⓘ
secondaryLanguageOfInstruction	English ⓘ
significance	major center of higher education in Japan ⓘ major center of research in Japan ⓘ

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