Hakata Dontaku festival
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The Hakata Dontaku festival is a centuries-old, early May celebration in Fukuoka featuring colorful parades, traditional costumes, and lively street performances that attract millions of visitors each year.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hakata Dontaku Port Festival | 1 |
| Hakata Dontaku festival canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5377956 — 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: Hakata Dontaku festival Context triple: [Fukuoka Prefecture, knownFor, Hakata Dontaku festival]
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A.
Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival
The Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival is a centuries-old summer celebration in Fukuoka, Japan, famed for its elaborately decorated floats and intense, fast-paced float races through the city streets.
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B.
Atsuta Festival
The Atsuta Festival is a major annual Shinto celebration in Nagoya featuring traditional rituals, processions, and performances that honor the deities enshrined at Atsuta Shrine.
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C.
Hatsu-uma Festival
The Hatsu-uma Festival is a Shinto celebration held in early February to honor the deity Inari, marking the first “day of the horse” of the lunar year with prayers for prosperity and good harvests.
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D.
Niigata Festival
Niigata Festival is a major summer celebration in Niigata City, Japan, featuring traditional parades, folk dances, fireworks, and river events that highlight the region’s culture and history.
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E.
Takasaki Festival
The Takasaki Festival is a local Japanese cultural celebration in Takasaki City, featuring traditional performances, parades, food stalls, and community events.
- 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: Hakata Dontaku festival Target entity description: The Hakata Dontaku festival is a centuries-old, early May celebration in Fukuoka featuring colorful parades, traditional costumes, and lively street performances that attract millions of visitors each year.
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A.
Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival
The Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival is a centuries-old summer celebration in Fukuoka, Japan, famed for its elaborately decorated floats and intense, fast-paced float races through the city streets.
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B.
Atsuta Festival
The Atsuta Festival is a major annual Shinto celebration in Nagoya featuring traditional rituals, processions, and performances that honor the deities enshrined at Atsuta Shrine.
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C.
Hatsu-uma Festival
The Hatsu-uma Festival is a Shinto celebration held in early February to honor the deity Inari, marking the first “day of the horse” of the lunar year with prayers for prosperity and good harvests.
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D.
Niigata Festival
Niigata Festival is a major summer celebration in Niigata City, Japan, featuring traditional parades, folk dances, fireworks, and river events that highlight the region’s culture and history.
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E.
Takasaki Festival
The Takasaki Festival is a local Japanese cultural celebration in Takasaki City, featuring traditional performances, parades, food stalls, and community events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual event
ⓘ
cultural festival ⓘ festival ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Hakata Dontaku Port Festival
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linked to:
Hakata Dontaku festival
|
| approximateAttendance | over 2 million visitors per year ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Golden Week ⓘ |
| basedOn | New Year’s celebration of Hakata Matsubayashi ⓘ |
| centuriesOld | true ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| duration | 2 days ⓘ |
| endDate | May 4 ⓘ |
| etymology | name derived from Dutch word "zondag" meaning "Sunday" or "holiday" ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
dance
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music performance ⓘ parade ⓘ street performance ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
children’s groups
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colorful parades ⓘ corporate teams ⓘ decorated floats ⓘ local community groups ⓘ modern pop music ⓘ nighttime illuminations ⓘ participants wearing happi coats ⓘ participants wearing yukata ⓘ performances on multiple stages ⓘ processions through city streets ⓘ spectators lining main streets ⓘ traditional costumes ⓘ traditional music ⓘ use of rice scoops as props ⓘ use of shamoji (wooden rice paddles) ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Hakata Matsubayashi ⓘ |
| heldIn |
Hakata Ward
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linked to:
Hakata-ku
downtown Fukuoka ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fukuoka
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Fukuoka Prefecture ⓘ Kyushu ⓘ |
| scale | one of the largest Golden Week festivals in Japan ⓘ |
| significance |
major cultural event of Fukuoka
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symbol of Hakata’s merchant culture ⓘ |
| startDate | May 3 ⓘ |
| timeOfYear | early May ⓘ |
| typicalRoute |
parades along Meiji-dori Avenue
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parades around Hakata Station area ⓘ parades around Tenjin area ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hakata Dontaku festival Description of subject: The Hakata Dontaku festival is a centuries-old, early May celebration in Fukuoka featuring colorful parades, traditional costumes, and lively street performances that attract millions of visitors each year.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hakata Dontaku festival