Old Public Hall of Hakodate Ward
E743397
The Old Public Hall of Hakodate Ward is a historic Meiji-era Western-style building in Hakodate, Japan, renowned for its distinctive architecture and role as a symbol of the city’s early modernization.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Public Hall of Hakodate Ward canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8580579 — 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: Old Public Hall of Hakodate Ward Context triple: [Hakodate, hasLandmark, Old Public Hall of Hakodate Ward]
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A.
Wakkanai City Hall
Wakkanai City Hall is the municipal government building and administrative center responsible for managing public services and local affairs in Wakkanai, Japan.
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B.
Hokkaidō Prefectural Government Office Building
The Hokkaidō Prefectural Government Office Building is a historic red-brick landmark in Sapporo that once served as the main administrative center of Hokkaidō and now functions as a symbol of the region and a popular tourist attraction.
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C.
Hadano City Hall
Hadano City Hall is the main municipal government building and administrative center serving the city of Hadano in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
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D.
Sapporo City Hall
Sapporo City Hall is the main municipal government building and administrative center of the city of Sapporo in Hokkaido, Japan.
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E.
Hamura City Hall
Hamura City Hall is the main municipal government building and administrative center serving the city of Hamura in Tokyo, Japan.
- 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: Old Public Hall of Hakodate Ward Target entity description: The Old Public Hall of Hakodate Ward is a historic Meiji-era Western-style building in Hakodate, Japan, renowned for its distinctive architecture and role as a symbol of the city’s early modernization.
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A.
Wakkanai City Hall
Wakkanai City Hall is the municipal government building and administrative center responsible for managing public services and local affairs in Wakkanai, Japan.
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B.
Hokkaidō Prefectural Government Office Building
The Hokkaidō Prefectural Government Office Building is a historic red-brick landmark in Sapporo that once served as the main administrative center of Hokkaidō and now functions as a symbol of the region and a popular tourist attraction.
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C.
Hadano City Hall
Hadano City Hall is the main municipal government building and administrative center serving the city of Hadano in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
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D.
Sapporo City Hall
Sapporo City Hall is the main municipal government building and administrative center of the city of Sapporo in Hokkaido, Japan.
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E.
Hamura City Hall
Hamura City Hall is the main municipal government building and administrative center serving the city of Hamura in Tokyo, Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Meiji-era architecture
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Western-style building ⓘ historic building ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Meiji period architecture
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Western-style architecture ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1910 ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 50 metres ⓘ |
| hasBalcony | yes ⓘ |
| hasColor |
blue-gray
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yellow ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
historical exhibition
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public assembly ⓘ reception hall ⓘ |
| hasView |
Hakodate Bay
ⓘ
downtown Hakodate ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Designated cultural property of Hakodate
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Important Cultural Property of Japan ⓘ
linked to:
Important Cultural Properties of Japan
|
| heritageStatus | preserved building ⓘ |
| inception | 1910 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hakodate
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Hokkaido ⓘ Japan ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Hakodate ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Japan Standard Time ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Hiyori-zaka area
ⓘ
Motomachi district ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
City of Hakodate
ⓘ
linked to:
Hakodate
|
| materialUsed | wood ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature |
Hakodate City Hall (historic area)
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Hakodate Orthodox Church ⓘ Motomachi Park ⓘ |
| numberOfFloorsAboveGround | 2 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1910 ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
City of Hakodate
ⓘ
linked to:
Hakodate
|
| roofStyle | hipped roof ⓘ |
| significance |
representative Western-style wooden public building in Hokkaido
ⓘ
symbol of early modernization in Hakodate ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
symbol of Hakodate modernization
ⓘ
used for receptions for dignitaries ⓘ |
| significantPeriod |
Meiji period
ⓘ
linked to:
Meiji era
Taisho period ⓘ
linked to:
Taisho era
|
| touristRegion |
Hakodate tourist area
ⓘ
linked to:
Hakodate
|
| use |
event venue
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public hall ⓘ tourist facility ⓘ |
| visitorAttraction | popular sightseeing spot in Hakodate ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Public Hall of Hakodate Ward Description of subject: The Old Public Hall of Hakodate Ward is a historic Meiji-era Western-style building in Hakodate, Japan, renowned for its distinctive architecture and role as a symbol of the city’s early modernization.
Referenced by (1)
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