Kawagoe Festival

E612256

Japanese festival cultural event

The Kawagoe Festival is a traditional autumn matsuri in Kawagoe, Saitama, famous for its ornate Edo-style floats, lively music, and nighttime parade through the city’s historic streets.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Kawagoe Festival canonical	4
Kawagoe Hikawa Festival	1
Kawagoe Matsuri	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6682869 — 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: Kawagoe Festival
Context triple: [Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan, hasFestival, Kawagoe Festival]

A. Kameoka Festival
The Kameoka Festival is a traditional Japanese autumn matsuri in Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, featuring ornate festival floats, processions, and local cultural celebrations.
B. Nagaoka Festival
The Nagaoka Festival is a major summer event in Nagaoka, Niigata, best known for its large-scale fireworks displays and traditional celebrations.
C. Fujinomiya Festival
The Fujinomiya Festival is a traditional autumn matsuri in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, known for its ornate festival floats, lively street processions, and celebrations centered around the historic Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha Shrine.
D. Takasaki Festival
The Takasaki Festival is a local Japanese cultural celebration in Takasaki City, featuring traditional performances, parades, food stalls, and community events.
E. 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.
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: Kawagoe Festival
Target entity description: The Kawagoe Festival is a traditional autumn matsuri in Kawagoe, Saitama, famous for its ornate Edo-style floats, lively music, and nighttime parade through the city’s historic streets.

A. Kameoka Festival
The Kameoka Festival is a traditional Japanese autumn matsuri in Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, featuring ornate festival floats, processions, and local cultural celebrations.
B. Nagaoka Festival
The Nagaoka Festival is a major summer event in Nagaoka, Niigata, best known for its large-scale fireworks displays and traditional celebrations.
C. Fujinomiya Festival
The Fujinomiya Festival is a traditional autumn matsuri in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, known for its ornate festival floats, lively street processions, and celebrations centered around the historic Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha Shrine.
D. Takasaki Festival
The Takasaki Festival is a local Japanese cultural celebration in Takasaki City, featuring traditional performances, parades, food stalls, and community events.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese festival ⓘ cultural event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Kawagoe Hikawa Festival ⓘ linked to: Kawagoe Festival Kawagoe Matsuri ⓘ linked to: Kawagoe Festival
associatedWith	Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine ⓘ
audience	domestic tourists ⓘ international tourists ⓘ local residents ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
culturalRegion	Edo-period merchant town of Kawagoe ⓘ
floatDecoration	carved sculptures ⓘ lacquered woodwork ⓘ lanterns ⓘ
floatType	dashi floats ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasFeature	Edo-style floats ⓘ crowd participation ⓘ festival stalls ⓘ nighttime parade ⓘ ornate floats ⓘ street processions ⓘ traditional festival music ⓘ
heritageType	intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Honshu ⓘ Kanto region ⓘ linked to: Kantō region Kawagoe ⓘ Saitama Prefecture ⓘ
mainAttraction	hayashi festival music performances ⓘ large festival floats with mechanical dolls ⓘ
musicInstruments	drums ⓘ flutes ⓘ hand gongs ⓘ
musicType	hayashi ⓘ
paradeRoute	historic streets of Kawagoe ⓘ
recognizedAs	Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan ⓘ
religion	Shinto ⓘ
season	autumn ⓘ
theme	celebration of local deities ⓘ community bonding ⓘ
timeOfDay	daytime events ⓘ nighttime events ⓘ
tourismRole	major tourist attraction of Kawagoe ⓘ
typicalMonth	October ⓘ
UNESCOElement	Yama, Hoko, Yatai, float festivals in Japan ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	2016 ⓘ
UNESCOStatus	Inscribed on UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan → hasFestival → Kawagoe Festival ⓘ

Kawagoe → hasFestival → Kawagoe Festival ⓘ

Saitama Prefecture → hasTraditionalFestival → Kawagoe Festival ⓘ

Little Edo → associatedWith → Kawagoe Festival ⓘ

Kawagoe Festival → alsoKnownAs → Kawagoe Hikawa Festival ⓘ

linked to: Kawagoe Festival

Kawagoe Festival → alsoKnownAs → Kawagoe Matsuri ⓘ