Imperial Hotel, Tokyo

E244784

building hotel luxury hotel

Imperial Hotel, Tokyo is a historically significant luxury hotel in Japan best known for its iconic early 20th-century design by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and its remarkable resilience during the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Imperial Hotel, Tokyo canonical	5
Imperial Hotel Tokyo	2
Imperial Hotel, Ltd.	2
Imperial Hotel Tokyo lobby	1
帝国ホテル東京	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2224215 — 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: Imperial Hotel, Tokyo
Context triple: [Frank Lloyd Wright, notableWork, Imperial Hotel, Tokyo]

A. Aiiku Hospital, Tokyo
Aiiku Hospital in Tokyo is a well-known medical facility that has served members of Japan’s Imperial Family and the general public.
B. Akasaka Palace
Akasaka Palace is a former imperial residence in Tokyo that now serves as Japan’s state guest house for hosting visiting dignitaries and official events.
C. Dai-Ichi Seimei Building, Tokyo
The Dai-Ichi Seimei Building in Tokyo is a historic office building best known for serving as General Douglas MacArthur’s headquarters during the Allied occupation of Japan after World War II.
D. Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building is a landmark twin-tower skyscraper in Shinjuku, Tokyo, known for housing the city’s government offices and offering public observation decks with panoramic views.
E. Fuji Television Building
The Fuji Television Building is a landmark futuristic headquarters of Fuji TV in Tokyo, renowned for its striking modernist architecture featuring a prominent spherical observation deck.
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: Imperial Hotel, Tokyo
Target entity description: Imperial Hotel, Tokyo is a historically significant luxury hotel in Japan best known for its iconic early 20th-century design by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and its remarkable resilience during the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake.

A. Aiiku Hospital, Tokyo
Aiiku Hospital in Tokyo is a well-known medical facility that has served members of Japan’s Imperial Family and the general public.
B. Akasaka Palace
Akasaka Palace is a former imperial residence in Tokyo that now serves as Japan’s state guest house for hosting visiting dignitaries and official events.
C. Dai-Ichi Seimei Building, Tokyo
The Dai-Ichi Seimei Building in Tokyo is a historic office building best known for serving as General Douglas MacArthur’s headquarters during the Allied occupation of Japan after World War II.
D. Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building is a landmark twin-tower skyscraper in Shinjuku, Tokyo, known for housing the city’s government offices and offering public observation decks with panoramic views.
E. Fuji Television Building
The Fuji Television Building is a landmark futuristic headquarters of Fuji TV in Tokyo, renowned for its striking modernist architecture featuring a prominent spherical observation deck.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	building ⓘ hotel ⓘ luxury hotel ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Maya Revival architecture ⓘ Prairie School ⓘ
cateredTo	business travelers ⓘ foreign dignitaries ⓘ tourists ⓘ
city	Tokyo ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
hasArchitect	Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ Takamura Kengo ⓘ Tatsuno Kingo ⓘ Yuzuru Watanabe ⓘ
hasBuildingPhase	Frank Lloyd Wright main building ⓘ current high-rise tower ⓘ original 1890 hotel ⓘ
hasFunction	accommodation ⓘ banquet and conference facilities ⓘ restaurants and bars ⓘ
hasNotableGuest	Charlie Chaplin ⓘ Marilyn Monroe ⓘ numerous heads of state ⓘ
hasNumberOfRooms	approximately 700 ⓘ
hasStarRating	5-star hotel ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.imperialhotel.co.jp/e/tokyo/ ⓘ
heritageStatus	historically significant hotel in Japan ⓘ
inception	1890 ⓘ
knownFor	early 20th-century design by Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ resilience during the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake ⓘ
languageOfSignage	English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Chiyoda, Tokyo ⓘ
locatedNear	Imperial Palace, Tokyo ⓘ linked to: Tokyo Imperial Palace
nearArea	Ginza district ⓘ
nearTransport	Hibiya Station ⓘ Yurakucho Station ⓘ
notableWorkOf	Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ
opened	1890-11-03 ⓘ
operatedBy	Imperial Hotel, Ltd. ⓘ linked to: Imperial Hotel, Tokyo
ownedBy	Imperial Hotel, Ltd. ⓘ linked to: Imperial Hotel, Tokyo
partiallyRelocatedTo	Meiji Mura museum ⓘ linked to: Meiji-mura open-air museum
relocatedSection	central lobby of Frank Lloyd Wright building ⓘ
survivedEvent	Great Kantō earthquake ⓘ linked to: Great Kanto earthquake
WrightBuildingDemolished	1968 ⓘ
WrightBuildingOpened	1923 ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

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

Frank Lloyd Wright → notableWork → Imperial Hotel, Tokyo ⓘ

Frank Lloyd Wright → designed → Imperial Hotel, Tokyo ⓘ

Imperial Hotel, Tokyo → ownedBy → Imperial Hotel, Ltd. ⓘ