Port of Kobe

E28753

container port international port seaport

The Port of Kobe is one of Japan’s major international seaports, serving as a key hub for container shipping and maritime trade in the Kansai region.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Port of Kobe canonical	25
Kobe Port	12
Kobe Port area	5
Kobe Harbor	4
Kobe harbor	3
port of Kobe	3
神戸港	3
Kobe Port shipping lanes	1
Kobe industrial waterfront	1
Kobe port	1
Port of Kobe area	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T169612 — 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: Port of Kobe
Context triple: [Kobe, hasPort, Port of Kobe]

A. Yokohama
Yokohama is Japan’s second-largest city and a major international port located just south of Tokyo.
B. Osaka
Osaka is Japan's third-largest city and a major economic, cultural, and historical hub known for its vibrant street food, bustling nightlife, and role as a commercial center in the Kansai region.
C. Higashiōsaka
Higashiōsaka is an industrial and residential city in Japan known for its manufacturing base and location within the Osaka metropolitan area.
D. Kishiwada
Kishiwada is a coastal city in southern Osaka Prefecture, Japan, best known for its historic castle and the lively Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri festival.
E. Nagoya
Nagoya is a major industrial and commercial city in central Japan, known as a manufacturing hub and the capital of Aichi 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: Port of Kobe
Target entity description: The Port of Kobe is one of Japan’s major international seaports, serving as a key hub for container shipping and maritime trade in the Kansai region.

A. Yokohama
Yokohama is Japan’s second-largest city and a major international port located just south of Tokyo.
B. Osaka
Osaka is Japan's third-largest city and a major economic, cultural, and historical hub known for its vibrant street food, bustling nightlife, and role as a commercial center in the Kansai region.
C. Higashiōsaka
Higashiōsaka is an industrial and residential city in Japan known for its manufacturing base and location within the Osaka metropolitan area.
D. Kishiwada
Kishiwada is a coastal city in southern Osaka Prefecture, Japan, best known for its historic castle and the lively Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri festival.
E. Nagoya
Nagoya is a major industrial and commercial city in central Japan, known as a manufacturing hub and the capital of Aichi Prefecture.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	container port ⓘ international port ⓘ seaport ⓘ
connectedBy	expressways ⓘ port highways ⓘ railway network ⓘ
connectedTo	Port of Osaka ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
damageDate	1995-01-17 ⓘ
damagedBy	Great Hanshin earthquake ⓘ
governingBody	Kobe City Government ⓘ linked to: Kobe
handles	automobiles ⓘ bulk cargo ⓘ containerized cargo ⓘ passenger ferries ⓘ
hasBerths	multiple deep-water berths ⓘ
hasFacility	bulk cargo terminals ⓘ container terminals ⓘ cruise ship terminal ⓘ free trade zone ⓘ logistics warehouses ⓘ ro-ro terminals ⓘ
hasLandmark	Harborland district ⓘ Kobe Port Tower ⓘ Meriken Park ⓘ
hasStatus	major international trading port ⓘ
historicalEvent	Great Hanshin earthquake ⓘ
locatedIn	Hyogo Prefecture ⓘ Kansai region ⓘ Kobe ⓘ
locatedInWaterbody	Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
locatedOn	Osaka Bay ⓘ
majorFunction	container shipping ⓘ logistics hub ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ
nearbyAirport	Kansai International Airport ⓘ Kobe Airport ⓘ
openedToForeignTrade	1868 ⓘ
openingDate	1868 ⓘ
operator	Kobe City Government ⓘ linked to: Kobe
partOf	Hanshin Port ⓘ linked to: Port of Amagasaki Keihanshin industrial region ⓘ linked to: Osaka–Kobe metropolitan area
reconstruction	post-1995 earthquake restoration ⓘ
regionImportance	key hub for Kansai economy ⓘ major port of western Japan ⓘ
serves	Kansai region ⓘ Kobe metropolitan area ⓘ linked to: Osaka–Kobe metropolitan area
supports	domestic coastal shipping ⓘ international container shipping routes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (59)

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

Kansai region → hasMajorPort → Port of Kobe ⓘ

Kobe → hasPort → Port of Kobe ⓘ

Osaka Bay → connectedTo → Kobe Port ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Osaka Bay → hasPort → Port of Kobe ⓘ

Kawasaki Shipyard, Kobe → partOf → Kobe industrial waterfront ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Kawasaki Shipyard, Kobe → adjacentTo → port of Kobe ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Great Hanshin earthquake → damagedInfrastructure → port of Kobe ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Harborland → locatedBy → Kobe Port ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Kobe Port Tower → overlooks → Kobe Port ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Kobe Port Tower → symbolOf → Kobe Port ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Kobe Port Tower → hasViewOf → Kobe harbor ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Meriken Park → locatedIn → Kobe Port area ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Meriken Park → adjacentTo → Port of Kobe ⓘ

Osaka–Kobe metropolitan area → hasInternationalPort → Port of Kobe ⓘ

Seto Inland Sea region → importantPort → Kobe Port ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Port of Osaka → near → Port of Kobe ⓘ

Port Island → partOf → Port of Kobe ⓘ

Rokkō Island → isPartOf → Kobe Port ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Western Japan → hasMajorPort → Port of Kobe ⓘ

subject linked to: western Japan

Asia-Pacific ports → hasPart → Port of Kobe ⓘ

Mosaic shopping complex → hasView → Kobe port ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Mosaic Big Ferris Wheel → offersViewOf → Kobe Harbor ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Mosaic Big Ferris Wheel → offersViewOf → Port of Kobe ⓘ

Sannomiya district of Kobe → accessTo → Kobe Port area ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Kobe Maritime Museum → locatedIn → Port of Kobe ⓘ

Kobe Maritime Museum → hasView → Port of Kobe ⓘ

Harborland, Kobe → locatedBy → Kobe Harbor ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Harborland, Kobe → viewOf → Kobe Port ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Chuo-ku, Kobe → contains → Port of Kobe ⓘ

Weathercock House → hasView → Kobe harbor ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Harborland district → hasViewOf → Kobe Port ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

BE KOBE monument → overlooks → Kobe Harbor ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Meriken Park Oriental Hotel → overlooks → Kobe Harbor ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Meriken Park Oriental Hotel → hasViewOf → Port of Kobe ⓘ

Kobe waterfront redevelopment area → hasView → Kobe harbor ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Osaka Bay industrial zone → hasPort → Port of Kobe ⓘ

ports of Japan → hasPart → Port of Kobe ⓘ

Kobe Convention Center → locatedNear → Port of Kobe ⓘ

Portopia Island → partOf → Kobe Port area ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Kobe Animal Kingdom → locatedNear → Port of Kobe ⓘ

Port Island, Kobe → partOf → Kobe Port ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Rokkō Airando → partOf → Port of Kobe ⓘ

Meriken Park → locatedIn → Kobe Port area ⓘ

subject linked to: Meriken Park (via waterfront access)

linked to: Port of Kobe

神戸市 → knownFor → 神戸港 ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

神戸市 → portName → 神戸港 ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Kobe Gaslight Street → hasViewOf → Kobe Port ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Kobe City Hall → locatedNear → Port of Kobe area ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

異人館 → overlooks → 神戸港 ⓘ

linked to: Port of Kobe

Hyogo-ku, Kobe → locatedNear → Port of Kobe ⓘ

Sannomiya area → hasNearbyPort → Port of Kobe ⓘ

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