Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

E499546

city port city

Kobe, Hyogo, Japan is a major port city in western Japan known for its international trade, scenic harbor setting between mountains and sea, and famous Kobe beef.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Kobe	107
Kobe, Japan	5
Kobe area	2
Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan	2
Kobe, Hyogo, Japan canonical	2
Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan	2
Kobe City	1
Kobe city	1
Kobe city area	1
Kobe city center	1
Kobe cityscape	1
Kobe is a major port city in Japan	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5149149 — 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: Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Context triple: [Faculty of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University, locatedIn, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan]

A. Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan
Abeno-ku is a central ward of Osaka, Japan, known as a major commercial and transportation hub that hosts the landmark skyscraper Abeno Harukas.
B. Kansai, Japan
Kansai, Japan is a major region in western Honshu known for historic cities like Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara, rich cultural heritage, and significant economic and cultural influence.
C. Konohana-ku, Osaka
Konohana-ku, Osaka is a ward of Osaka City in Japan known for hosting major attractions like Universal Studios Japan and its themed entertainment areas.
D. Hirakata, Osaka
Hirakata, Osaka is a city in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known as a residential and educational hub between Osaka and Kyoto.
E. Naniwa-ku, Osaka
Naniwa-ku, Osaka is a central ward of Osaka City known for its busy commercial districts, entertainment areas, and major transport hubs such as Namba.
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: Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Target entity description: Kobe, Hyogo, Japan is a major port city in western Japan known for its international trade, scenic harbor setting between mountains and sea, and famous Kobe beef.

A. Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan
Abeno-ku is a central ward of Osaka, Japan, known as a major commercial and transportation hub that hosts the landmark skyscraper Abeno Harukas.
B. Kansai, Japan
Kansai, Japan is a major region in western Honshu known for historic cities like Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara, rich cultural heritage, and significant economic and cultural influence.
C. Konohana-ku, Osaka
Konohana-ku, Osaka is a ward of Osaka City in Japan known for hosting major attractions like Universal Studios Japan and its themed entertainment areas.
D. Hirakata, Osaka
Hirakata, Osaka is a city in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known as a residential and educational hub between Osaka and Kyoto.
E. Naniwa-ku, Osaka
Naniwa-ku, Osaka is a central ward of Osaka City known for its busy commercial districts, entertainment areas, and major transport hubs such as Namba.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ port city ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
earthquakeYear	1995 ⓘ
facedEvent	Great Hanshin earthquake NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAirport	Kobe Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDistrict	Kitano-cho NERFINISHED ⓘ Nankinmachi Chinatown NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLandmark	Harborland NERFINISHED ⓘ Ikuta Shrine NERFINISHED ⓘ Kobe Port Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ Meriken Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Rokko NERFINISHED ⓘ Nunobiki Herb Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPopulation	about 1.5 million ⓘ
hasUniversity	Kobe City University of Foreign Studies NERFINISHED ⓘ Kobe Gakuin University NERFINISHED ⓘ Kobe University NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWard	Chuo-ku NERFINISHED ⓘ Higashinada-ku NERFINISHED ⓘ Hyogo-ku NERFINISHED ⓘ Kita-ku NERFINISHED ⓘ Nada-ku NERFINISHED ⓘ Nagata-ku NERFINISHED ⓘ Nishi-ku NERFINISHED ⓘ Suma-ku NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarumi-ku NERFINISHED ⓘ
isCapitalOf	Hyogo Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Kobe beef NERFINISHED ⓘ cosmopolitan atmosphere ⓘ foreign settlements history ⓘ international port ⓘ scenic harbor ⓘ setting between mountains and sea ⓘ
locatedBy	Osaka Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Hyogo Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Kansai region ⓘ
locatedNear	Kyoto NERFINISHED ⓘ Osaka NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Honshu ⓘ
openedAsPortToForeignTrade	1868 ⓘ
partOf	Keihanshin metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
rankInJapanByPopulation	one of the ten largest cities ⓘ
sisterCity	Barcelona NERFINISHED ⓘ Marseille NERFINISHED ⓘ Rio de Janeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ Seattle NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone	Japan Standard Time ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (126)

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

Faculty of Maritime Sciences → locatedIn → Kobe, Hyogo, Japan ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University

Graduate School of Humanities → city → Kobe, Hyogo, Japan ⓘ

subject surface form: Graduate School of Humanities, Kobe University