Ginza Wako building
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The Ginza Wako building is an iconic clock-towered department store and luxury retail landmark in Tokyo’s upscale Ginza district.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ginza Wako building canonical | 2 |
| Ginza Wako clock tower | 1 |
| Hattori Clock Shop building | 1 |
| Wako Ginza | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3404076 — 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: Ginza Wako building Context triple: [Ginza, hasLandmark, Ginza Wako building]
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A.
Shinjuku NS Building
Shinjuku NS Building is a prominent high-rise office complex in Tokyo known for its distinctive atrium and modern architectural design.
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B.
Shinjuku Nomura Building
Shinjuku Nomura Building is a prominent high-rise office skyscraper in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district, known for its observation facilities, corporate offices, and dining options.
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C.
Shinjuku Sumitomo Building
Shinjuku Sumitomo Building is a prominent high-rise office skyscraper in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district, known for its distinctive triangular design and role as a major business landmark.
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D.
Shinjuku Center Building
Shinjuku Center Building is a prominent high-rise office skyscraper in Tokyo’s Shinjuku business district, known for its distinctive modern architecture and panoramic city views.
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E.
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.
- 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: Ginza Wako building Target entity description: The Ginza Wako building is an iconic clock-towered department store and luxury retail landmark in Tokyo’s upscale Ginza district.
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A.
Shinjuku NS Building
Shinjuku NS Building is a prominent high-rise office complex in Tokyo known for its distinctive atrium and modern architectural design.
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B.
Shinjuku Nomura Building
Shinjuku Nomura Building is a prominent high-rise office skyscraper in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district, known for its observation facilities, corporate offices, and dining options.
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C.
Shinjuku Sumitomo Building
Shinjuku Sumitomo Building is a prominent high-rise office skyscraper in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district, known for its distinctive triangular design and role as a major business landmark.
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D.
Shinjuku Center Building
Shinjuku Center Building is a prominent high-rise office skyscraper in Tokyo’s Shinjuku business district, known for its distinctive modern architecture and panoramic city views.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building
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clock tower ⓘ commercial building ⓘ department store ⓘ landmark ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Neo-Renaissance
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linked to:
Renaissance Revival
|
| associatedWith | Seiko Group ⓘ |
| brand | Wako ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1932 ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| district | Ginza ⓘ |
| hasClock | Seiko clock ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
clock tower
ⓘ
corner tower ⓘ retail floors ⓘ stone façade ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName |
和光本館
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銀座和光ビル ⓘ |
| hasTenant | Wako department store ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Tokyo landmark ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chūō, Tokyo
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Japan ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ |
| location | Ginza ⓘ |
| near |
Ginza Station
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Yurakucho Station ⓘ |
| notableFor |
clock tower
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department store ⓘ landmark status in Ginza ⓘ luxury retail ⓘ |
| opened | 1932 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Wako Co., Ltd. ⓘ |
| overlooks | Ginza 4-chome intersection ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Wako Co., Ltd. ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ginza shopping district
ⓘ
linked to:
Ginza
|
| primaryUse |
department store
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retail ⓘ |
| replaced |
Hattori Clock Shop building
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linked to:
Ginza Wako building
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| sells |
fashion items
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homeware ⓘ jewelry ⓘ luxury goods ⓘ watches ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 4-5-11 Ginza ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Ginza district
ⓘ
Tokyo luxury shopping ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| visibleFrom |
Ginza 4-chome crossing
ⓘ
linked to:
Ginza 4-chome intersection
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ginza Wako building Description of subject: The Ginza Wako building is an iconic clock-towered department store and luxury retail landmark in Tokyo’s upscale Ginza district.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ginza Wako building
linked to: Ginza Wako building
linked to: Ginza Wako building
subject linked to:
Ginza district