Three Shrine Festival
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The Three Shrine Festival is one of Tokyo’s largest and most boisterous Shinto festivals, famed for its crowded streets, portable shrines (mikoshi), and lively celebrations around Asakusa Shrine each May.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Three Shrine Festival canonical | 1 |
| Three Shrines Festival | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9689190 — 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: Three Shrine Festival Context triple: [Sanja Matsuri, alsoKnownAs, Three Shrine Festival]
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A.
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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B.
Otsu Matsuri
Otsu Matsuri is a traditional autumn festival in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, known for its elaborately decorated festival floats and lively street processions.
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C.
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.
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D.
Jidai Matsuri
Jidai Matsuri is a major annual historical parade in Kyoto that celebrates the city’s rich past with participants dressed in costumes from various eras of Japanese history.
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E.
Tenjin Matsuri
Tenjin Matsuri is one of Japan’s most famous and historic summer festivals in Osaka, featuring elaborate river processions, traditional performances, and fireworks in honor of the deity of scholarship.
- 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: Three Shrine Festival Target entity description: The Three Shrine Festival is one of Tokyo’s largest and most boisterous Shinto festivals, famed for its crowded streets, portable shrines (mikoshi), and lively celebrations around Asakusa Shrine each May.
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A.
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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B.
Otsu Matsuri
Otsu Matsuri is a traditional autumn festival in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, known for its elaborately decorated festival floats and lively street processions.
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C.
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.
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D.
Jidai Matsuri
Jidai Matsuri is a major annual historical parade in Kyoto that celebrates the city’s rich past with participants dressed in costumes from various eras of Japanese history.
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E.
Tenjin Matsuri
Tenjin Matsuri is one of Japan’s most famous and historic summer festivals in Osaka, featuring elaborate river processions, traditional performances, and fireworks in honor of the deity of scholarship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shinto festival
ⓘ
matsuri ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Sanja Matsuri ⓘ |
| associatedTemple | Sensō-ji ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Asakusa neighborhood identity ⓘ |
| atmosphere |
boisterous
ⓘ
lively ⓘ |
| category |
Festivals in Tokyo
ⓘ
Religious festivals in Japan ⓘ Shinto festivals in Japan ⓘ |
| city | Tokyo ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | major event in Tokyo’s festival calendar ⓘ |
| custom |
blessing local shops and homes with mikoshi
ⓘ
carrying mikoshi through local districts ⓘ |
| duration | three days ⓘ |
| estimatedAttendance | hundreds of thousands of visitors ⓘ |
| features |
chanting participants
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crowded streets ⓘ festival stalls ⓘ happi coats ⓘ mikoshi processions ⓘ parades ⓘ portable shrines ⓘ street food ⓘ taiko drumming ⓘ traditional costumes ⓘ traditional music ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | traditional Japanese festival ⓘ |
| hasProcessionRoute | through streets around Asakusa Shrine and Sensō-ji ⓘ |
| heldAt | Asakusa Shrine ⓘ |
| honors |
Hajino Nakatomo
ⓘ
Hinokuma Hamanari ⓘ Hinokuma Takenari ⓘ three founding deities of Sensō-ji ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Asakusa, Tokyo
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linked to:
Asakusa
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| mainMikoshiBelongTo | Asakusa Shrine ⓘ |
| mainVenue |
Asakusa Shrine grounds
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linked to:
Asakusa Shrine
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| numberOfMainMikoshi | three ⓘ |
| organisedBy | Asakusa Shrine parishioners ⓘ |
| region | Kantō region ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| scale | one of Tokyo’s largest festivals ⓘ |
| timeOfYear | May ⓘ |
| tourism | popular tourist attraction ⓘ |
| typicalEndDay | following Sunday ⓘ |
| typicalStartDay | third Friday of May ⓘ |
| ward |
Taitō, Tokyo
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linked to:
Taitō, Tokyo, Japan
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Three Shrine Festival Description of subject: The Three Shrine Festival is one of Tokyo’s largest and most boisterous Shinto festivals, famed for its crowded streets, portable shrines (mikoshi), and lively celebrations around Asakusa Shrine each May.
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