Sanja Matsuri
E234494
Sanja Matsuri is one of Tokyo’s largest and most famous Shinto festivals, celebrated annually in Asakusa with lively processions of mikoshi (portable shrines), traditional performances, and large crowds.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sanja Matsuri canonical | 13 |
| annual Sanja Matsuri | 1 |
| annual Sanja Matsuri festival | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2104890 — 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: Sanja Matsuri Context triple: [Senso-ji, associatedWithFestival, Sanja Matsuri]
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A.
Tenjin Matsuri
Tenjin Matsuri is one of Japan’s most famous and historic summer festivals in Osaka, featuring elaborate river processions, traditional performances, and fireworks in honor of the deity of scholarship.
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B.
Sagicho Festival
The Sagicho Festival is a traditional fire festival in Omihachiman, Japan, featuring elaborately decorated floats that are paraded and then dramatically burned to mark the coming of spring.
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C.
Nagaoka Festival
The Nagaoka Festival is a major summer event in Nagaoka, Niigata, best known for its large-scale fireworks displays and traditional celebrations.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- 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: Sanja Matsuri Target entity description: Sanja Matsuri is one of Tokyo’s largest and most famous Shinto festivals, celebrated annually in Asakusa with lively processions of mikoshi (portable shrines), traditional performances, and large crowds.
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A.
Tenjin Matsuri
Tenjin Matsuri is one of Japan’s most famous and historic summer festivals in Osaka, featuring elaborate river processions, traditional performances, and fireworks in honor of the deity of scholarship.
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B.
Sagicho Festival
The Sagicho Festival is a traditional fire festival in Omihachiman, Japan, featuring elaborately decorated floats that are paraded and then dramatically burned to mark the coming of spring.
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C.
Nagaoka Festival
The Nagaoka Festival is a major summer event in Nagaoka, Niigata, best known for its large-scale fireworks displays and traditional celebrations.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shinto festival
ⓘ
annual event ⓘ religious festival ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sanja Festival
ⓘ
Three Shrine Festival ⓘ |
| associatedShrine | Asakusa Shrine ⓘ |
| associatedTemple | Sensō-ji ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Sensō-ji founders ⓘ |
| attracts |
domestic tourists
ⓘ
international tourists ⓘ |
| city | Tokyo ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important local community festival
ⓘ
major event in Tokyo’s festival calendar ⓘ |
| district | Asakusa ⓘ |
| estimatedAttendance | over one million people ⓘ |
| features |
Shinto ceremonies
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festival stalls ⓘ mikoshi processions ⓘ parades ⓘ portable shrines ⓘ religious rituals ⓘ street performances ⓘ taiko drumming ⓘ traditional dance ⓘ traditional music ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | matsuri ⓘ |
| hasMikoshi |
dozens of neighborhood mikoshi
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three main mikoshi of Asakusa Shrine ⓘ |
| honors |
Hajino Nakatomo
ⓘ
Hinokuma Hamanari ⓘ Hinokuma Takenari ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Asakusa
ⓘ
Taitō, Tokyo ⓘ
linked to:
Taitō, Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo ⓘ |
| mainLocation |
Asakusa Shrine
ⓘ
Sensō-ji ⓘ |
| mainProcessionDay | Sunday ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
Three Shrines Festival
ⓘ
linked to:
Three Shrine Festival
|
| region | Kantō region ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| scale |
one of Tokyo’s largest festivals
ⓘ
one of Tokyo’s most famous festivals ⓘ |
| startDayPattern | third Friday of May ⓘ |
| theme | veneration of Asakusa’s three founding deities ⓘ |
| typicalDuration | three days ⓘ |
| typicalMonth | May ⓘ |
| ward | Taitō ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sanja Matsuri Description of subject: Sanja Matsuri is one of Tokyo’s largest and most famous Shinto festivals, celebrated annually in Asakusa with lively processions of mikoshi (portable shrines), traditional performances, and large crowds.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.