Hanagasa Festival
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The Hanagasa Festival is a vibrant summer dance festival in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, featuring large parades of dancers wearing flower-adorned hats and performing to traditional folk music.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hanagasa Festival canonical | 1 |
| Yamagata Hanagasa Festival | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10634362 — 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: Hanagasa Festival Context triple: [Yamagata Prefecture, hasTraditionalEvent, Hanagasa Festival]
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
Sagicho Festival
The Sagicho Festival is a traditional fire festival in Omihachiman, Japan, featuring elaborately decorated floats that are paraded and then dramatically burned to mark the coming of spring.
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D.
Oeshiki festival
The Oeshiki festival is a Japanese Buddhist observance commemorating the death of Nichiren, marked by nighttime processions of elaborately decorated lantern floats and chanting devotees.
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E.
Nagaoka Festival
The Nagaoka Festival is a major summer event in Nagaoka, Niigata, best known for its large-scale fireworks displays and traditional celebrations.
- 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: Hanagasa Festival Target entity description: The Hanagasa Festival is a vibrant summer dance festival in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, featuring large parades of dancers wearing flower-adorned hats and performing to traditional folk music.
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
Sagicho Festival
The Sagicho Festival is a traditional fire festival in Omihachiman, Japan, featuring elaborately decorated floats that are paraded and then dramatically burned to mark the coming of spring.
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D.
Oeshiki festival
The Oeshiki festival is a Japanese Buddhist observance commemorating the death of Nichiren, marked by nighttime processions of elaborately decorated lantern floats and chanting devotees.
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E.
Nagaoka Festival
The Nagaoka Festival is a major summer event in Nagaoka, Niigata, best known for its large-scale fireworks displays and traditional celebrations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dance festival
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festival ⓘ |
| activity |
dance parade
ⓘ
street procession ⓘ |
| approximateAttendance | over 1 million visitors ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Yamagata safflower cultivation
ⓘ
regional tourism promotion ⓘ |
| audience |
domestic tourists
ⓘ
international tourists ⓘ local residents ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Japanese matsuri tradition ⓘ |
| danceType | Hanagasa dance ⓘ |
| dressCode |
happi coats
ⓘ
yukata ⓘ |
| duration | three days ⓘ |
| economicImpact | boosts local hospitality industry ⓘ |
| feature |
colorful costumes
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flower-adorned hats ⓘ lantern-lit evening parades ⓘ large parades of dancers ⓘ synchronized group dancing ⓘ taiko drumming ⓘ traditional folk music ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hatType | straw hat decorated with artificial flowers ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Tohoku region
ⓘ
linked to:
Tohoku
Yamagata Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCity | Yamagata City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicType |
Hanagasa Ondo
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Japanese folk music ⓘ |
| notableElement |
call-and-response chants
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mass line-dancing formations ⓘ |
| organizer |
Yamagata City festival committee
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linked to:
Yamagata city government
Yamagata Prefecture tourism bodies ⓘ |
| paradeRoute | central Yamagata City streets ⓘ |
| purpose |
celebration of local culture
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regional identity expression ⓘ tourism attraction ⓘ |
| region | northern Japan ⓘ |
| safetyMeasure | traffic control on main streets ⓘ |
| season | summer ⓘ |
| startYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| symbol |
hanagasa hat
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red safflower motif ⓘ |
| typicalMonth | August ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hanagasa Festival Description of subject: The Hanagasa Festival is a vibrant summer dance festival in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, featuring large parades of dancers wearing flower-adorned hats and performing to traditional folk music.
Referenced by (2)
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linked to: Hanagasa Festival