Nakahechi pilgrimage route

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The Nakahechi pilgrimage route is a historic mountain trail in Japan’s Kii Peninsula that forms part of the UNESCO-listed Kumano Kodo network, long used by emperors and pilgrims traveling to the sacred Kumano Sanzan shrines.

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Label	Occurrences
Kii Mountain Range pilgrimage network	1
Kumano Kodo Nakahechi route	1
Kumano pilgrimage	1
Kumano pilgrimage network	1
Nakahechi pilgrimage route canonical	1
Nakahechi route of Kumano Kodo	1

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Nakahechi pilgrimage route
Context triple: [Nakahechi route, hasAlternativeName, Nakahechi pilgrimage route]

A. Wirikuta pilgrimage route
The Wirikuta pilgrimage route is a sacred path followed by the Wixárika (Huichol) people to their ancestral desert homeland in central Mexico, where they perform traditional rituals and peyote ceremonies.
B. Nakasendō historical route
The Nakasendō historical route is an ancient inland highway of Japan’s Edo period that connected Kyoto and Edo (Tokyo) through mountainous regions and post towns, serving as a major artery for travel, trade, and cultural exchange.
C. Mount Ishizuchi pilgrimage network
The Mount Ishizuchi pilgrimage network is a traditional system of sacred routes and sites centered on Mount Ishizuchi in Japan, used by ascetics and pilgrims for spiritual training and mountain worship.
D. Sennichi Mairi pilgrimage
The Sennichi Mairi pilgrimage is a traditional Japanese religious observance in which worshippers make a special summer visit to Mount Atago’s shrine, believed to confer the spiritual merit of a thousand days of prayer.
E. Yamanobe-no-michi ancient road
Yamanobe-no-michi ancient road is one of Japan’s oldest recorded roads, a historic walking route in Nara Prefecture that passes through ancient shrines, tombs, and rural landscapes.
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: Nakahechi pilgrimage route
Target entity description: The Nakahechi pilgrimage route is a historic mountain trail in Japan’s Kii Peninsula that forms part of the UNESCO-listed Kumano Kodo network, long used by emperors and pilgrims traveling to the sacred Kumano Sanzan shrines.

A. Wirikuta pilgrimage route
The Wirikuta pilgrimage route is a sacred path followed by the Wixárika (Huichol) people to their ancestral desert homeland in central Mexico, where they perform traditional rituals and peyote ceremonies.
B. Nakasendō historical route
The Nakasendō historical route is an ancient inland highway of Japan’s Edo period that connected Kyoto and Edo (Tokyo) through mountainous regions and post towns, serving as a major artery for travel, trade, and cultural exchange.
C. Mount Ishizuchi pilgrimage network
The Mount Ishizuchi pilgrimage network is a traditional system of sacred routes and sites centered on Mount Ishizuchi in Japan, used by ascetics and pilgrims for spiritual training and mountain worship.
D. Sennichi Mairi pilgrimage
The Sennichi Mairi pilgrimage is a traditional Japanese religious observance in which worshippers make a special summer visit to Mount Atago’s shrine, believed to confer the spiritual merit of a thousand days of prayer.
E. Yamanobe-no-michi ancient road
Yamanobe-no-michi ancient road is one of Japan’s oldest recorded roads, a historic walking route in Nara Prefecture that passes through ancient shrines, tombs, and rural landscapes.
F. None of above. chosen