Yoshinogari Historical Park

E783030

archaeological park open-air museum

Yoshinogari Historical Park is a large archaeological park in Japan preserving and reconstructing an extensive Yayoi-period settlement, including ancient dwellings, watchtowers, and burial mounds.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Yoshinogari site	3
Yoshinogari	1
Yoshinogari Historical Park canonical	1
吉野ヶ里歴史公園	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9182860 — 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: Yoshinogari Historical Park
Context triple: [Saga Prefecture, contains, Yoshinogari Historical Park]

A. Shuri-jō Site
Shuri-jō Site is the historic location of the former royal castle and political center of the Ryukyu Kingdom in present-day Naha, Okinawa, Japan.
B. Nakijin-jō Site
Nakijin-jō Site is the ruin of a major Ryukyuan gusuku (castle) in northern Okinawa, Japan, renowned for its stone fortifications and role as a regional power center before the unification of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
C. Naniwa-no-Miya Palace Site
Naniwa-no-Miya Palace Site is an archaeological park in Osaka preserving the remains of an ancient imperial palace that once served as Japan’s capital in the 7th–8th centuries.
D. Asuka Historical National Government Park
Asuka Historical National Government Park is a cultural and historical park in Nara Prefecture, Japan, preserving ancient Asuka-period archaeological sites, tombs, and landscapes.
E. Sakai Mozu Kofun Group
The Sakai Mozu Kofun Group is a cluster of massive ancient burial mounds, including some of the world’s largest keyhole-shaped tombs, dating from Japan’s Kofun period and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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: Yoshinogari Historical Park
Target entity description: Yoshinogari Historical Park is a large archaeological park in Japan preserving and reconstructing an extensive Yayoi-period settlement, including ancient dwellings, watchtowers, and burial mounds.

A. Shuri-jō Site
Shuri-jō Site is the historic location of the former royal castle and political center of the Ryukyu Kingdom in present-day Naha, Okinawa, Japan.
B. Nakijin-jō Site
Nakijin-jō Site is the ruin of a major Ryukyuan gusuku (castle) in northern Okinawa, Japan, renowned for its stone fortifications and role as a regional power center before the unification of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
C. Naniwa-no-Miya Palace Site
Naniwa-no-Miya Palace Site is an archaeological park in Osaka preserving the remains of an ancient imperial palace that once served as Japan’s capital in the 7th–8th centuries.
D. Asuka Historical National Government Park
Asuka Historical National Government Park is a cultural and historical park in Nara Prefecture, Japan, preserving ancient Asuka-period archaeological sites, tombs, and landscapes.
E. Sakai Mozu Kofun Group
The Sakai Mozu Kofun Group is a cluster of massive ancient burial mounds, including some of the world’s largest keyhole-shaped tombs, dating from Japan’s Kofun period and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological park ⓘ open-air museum ⓘ
accessibleBy	JR Nagasaki Main Line ⓘ linked to: Nagasaki Main Line
archaeologicalSiteType	cemetery site ⓘ settlement site ⓘ
area	approximately 40 hectares ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
discoveredIn	1980s ⓘ
era	Yayoi period ⓘ
excavationsBegan	1986 ⓘ
function	cultural heritage preservation ⓘ educational facility ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
hasPart	burial mounds ⓘ central inner enclosure ⓘ earthen ramparts ⓘ experience learning area ⓘ moats ⓘ museum facilities ⓘ north inner enclosure ⓘ observation towers ⓘ outer settlement area ⓘ pit graves ⓘ raised-floor storehouses ⓘ reconstructed dwellings ⓘ south inner enclosure ⓘ visitor center ⓘ watchtowers ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Special National Historic Site ⓘ
heritageStatus	Special Historic Site of Japan ⓘ
knownFor	evidence of early Japanese social complexity ⓘ extensive archaeological reconstructions ⓘ large Yayoi-period settlement remains ⓘ
locatedIn	Kanzaki ⓘ Kyushu ⓘ Saga Prefecture ⓘ Yoshinogari ⓘ linked to: Yoshinogari Historical Park
managedBy	Saga Prefectural Government ⓘ linked to: Saga Prefecture
near	Yoshinogari-koen Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
offers	archaeology-related exhibitions ⓘ guided tours ⓘ hands-on historical experiences ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
operatedBy	Saga Prefectural Government ⓘ linked to: Saga Prefecture
publicParkOpened	1992 ⓘ
region	northern Kyushu ⓘ
theme	Yayoi-period daily life ⓘ ancient Japanese agriculture ⓘ early Japanese political structures ⓘ
timeSpanRepresented	3rd century BCE to 3rd century CE ⓘ

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