Kabukichō

E304205

entertainment district neighborhood red-light district

Kabukichō is Tokyo’s most famous red-light and entertainment district, known for its neon-lit streets packed with bars, host and hostess clubs, restaurants, and nightlife venues.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Kabukicho	4
Kabukicho area	3
Kabukichō canonical	2
Kabukicho entertainment district	1
Kabukicho red-light district	1
Kabukichō area (vicinity)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1603492 — 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: Kabukichō
Context triple: [Shinjuku Station, adjacentTo, Kabukichō]

A. Shibuya
Shibuya is a major commercial and entertainment district in Tokyo, Japan, famous for its bustling streets, youth culture, and iconic landmarks.
B. Toyonaka
Toyonaka is a suburban city in Japan’s Kansai region known for its residential neighborhoods, educational institutions, and proximity to central Osaka.
C. Shinagawa
Shinagawa is a major commercial and transportation hub in Tokyo, Japan, known for its busy railway station, business districts, and waterfront developments.
D. Ginza
Ginza is a famous upscale shopping, dining, and entertainment district in central Tokyo known for its luxury boutiques, department stores, and vibrant nightlife.
E. Kitano-cho
Kitano-cho is a historic district in Kobe, Japan, known for its preserved Western-style residences built by foreign merchants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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: Kabukichō
Target entity description: Kabukichō is Tokyo’s most famous red-light and entertainment district, known for its neon-lit streets packed with bars, host and hostess clubs, restaurants, and nightlife venues.

A. Shibuya
Shibuya is a major commercial and entertainment district in Tokyo, Japan, famous for its bustling streets, youth culture, and iconic landmarks.
B. Toyonaka
Toyonaka is a suburban city in Japan’s Kansai region known for its residential neighborhoods, educational institutions, and proximity to central Osaka.
C. Shinagawa
Shinagawa is a major commercial and transportation hub in Tokyo, Japan, known for its busy railway station, business districts, and waterfront developments.
D. Ginza
Ginza is a famous upscale shopping, dining, and entertainment district in central Tokyo known for its luxury boutiques, department stores, and vibrant nightlife.
E. Kitano-cho
Kitano-cho is a historic district in Kobe, Japan, known for its preserved Western-style residences built by foreign merchants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	entertainment district ⓘ neighborhood ⓘ red-light district ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
developedAfter	World War II ⓘ
developmentType	postwar entertainment district redevelopment ⓘ
governedBy	Shinjuku City (ward government) ⓘ surface form: Shinjuku City government
hasActivity	adult entertainment ⓘ bar hopping ⓘ tourist sightseeing ⓘ
hasJapaneseName	歌舞伎町 ⓘ
hasLandmark	Godzilla Head (Shinjuku) ⓘ Golden Gai (nearby bar area) ⓘ Hotel Gracery Shinjuku ⓘ Robot Restaurant (closed) ⓘ Toho Cinemas Shinjuku ⓘ
hasNickname	Sleepless Town ⓘ
hasPlannedFacility	kabuki theater (never built) ⓘ
hasReputation	sleepless town ⓘ
hasSignageLanguage	English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
hasStreetLayout	dense grid of narrow streets ⓘ
knownFor	bars ⓘ host clubs ⓘ hostess clubs ⓘ karaoke boxes ⓘ love hotels ⓘ neon signs ⓘ nightclubs ⓘ nightlife ⓘ pachinko parlors ⓘ red-light businesses ⓘ restaurants ⓘ tourist attractions ⓘ
languageUsed	Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Shinjuku ⓘ Shinjuku-ku ⓘ surface form: Shinjuku ward Tokyo 23 wards ⓘ surface form: Special wards of Tokyo Tokyo ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Japan Standard Time ⓘ
namedAfter	kabuki theater ⓘ
near	Seibu-Shinjuku Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Shinjuku Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Shinjuku entertainment area ⓘ
safetyConcerns	scams targeting tourists ⓘ unlicensed bars and clubs ⓘ
tourismType	urban nightlife tourism ⓘ
urbanCharacter	high-density commercial area ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shinjuku Station → adjacentTo → Kabukichō ⓘ

Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan → contains → Kabukichō ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kabukicho

Shinjuku → hasPart → Kabukichō ⓘ

Higashi-Shinjuku Station → locatedInDistrict → Kabukichō ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kabukichō area (vicinity)

Shinjuku East Exit shopping area → near → Kabukichō ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kabukicho

Samurai Museum (Kabukicho) → location → Kabukichō ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kabukicho

Samurai Museum (Kabukicho) → neighborhood → Kabukichō ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kabukicho entertainment district

Shinjuku Piccadilly cinema → locatedIn → Kabukichō ⓘ

subject surface form: Shinjuku Piccadilly

this entity surface form: Kabukicho area

Hanazono Shrine → locatedIn → Kabukichō ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kabukicho area

Hanazono Shrine → near → Kabukichō ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kabukicho

Golden Gai → locatedIn → Kabukichō ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kabukicho area

Golden Gai → near → Kabukichō ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kabukicho red-light district

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