Fukui, Japan
E613059
Fukui, Japan is a coastal city on Japan’s main island of Honshu known for its historic castle ruins, nearby Eiheiji Temple, and scenic Sea of Japan coastline.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fukui, Japan canonical | 3 |
| Ishikawa, Japan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6688143 — 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: Fukui, Japan Context triple: [Joplin, Missouri, hasSisterCity, Fukui, Japan]
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A.
Fujinomiya, Japan
Fujinomiya, Japan is a city in Shizuoka Prefecture known as a gateway to Mount Fuji and for its scenic views, shrines, and local cuisine.
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B.
Fukuroi, Japan
Fukuroi, Japan is a city in Shizuoka Prefecture known for its agricultural production, traditional temples, and role as a regional industrial and cultural center.
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C.
Tsuyama, Japan
Tsuyama, Japan is a historic city in Okayama Prefecture known for its well-preserved castle ruins, traditional townscape, and famous cherry blossom viewing spots.
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D.
Kariya, Japan
Kariya, Japan is an industrial city in Aichi Prefecture known as a manufacturing hub, particularly for the automotive industry, and as part of the Nagoya metropolitan area.
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E.
Fujiyoshida, Japan
Fujiyoshida is a city in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, known for its close proximity to Mount Fuji and its role as a gateway for climbers and tourists visiting the iconic volcano.
- 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: Fukui, Japan Target entity description: Fukui, Japan is a coastal city on Japan’s main island of Honshu known for its historic castle ruins, nearby Eiheiji Temple, and scenic Sea of Japan coastline.
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A.
Fujinomiya, Japan
Fujinomiya, Japan is a city in Shizuoka Prefecture known as a gateway to Mount Fuji and for its scenic views, shrines, and local cuisine.
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B.
Fukuroi, Japan
Fukuroi, Japan is a city in Shizuoka Prefecture known for its agricultural production, traditional temples, and role as a regional industrial and cultural center.
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C.
Tsuyama, Japan
Tsuyama, Japan is a historic city in Okayama Prefecture known for its well-preserved castle ruins, traditional townscape, and famous cherry blossom viewing spots.
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D.
Kariya, Japan
Kariya, Japan is an industrial city in Aichi Prefecture known as a manufacturing hub, particularly for the automotive industry, and as part of the Nagoya metropolitan area.
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E.
Fujiyoshida, Japan
Fujiyoshida is a city in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, known for its close proximity to Mount Fuji and its role as a gateway for climbers and tourists visiting the iconic volcano.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| governedBy | Fukui city government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName | 福井市 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Fukui Castle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fukui Castle ruins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyAttraction |
Awara Onsen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eiheiji NERFINISHED ⓘ Eiheiji Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Ichijōdani Asakura Clan Ruins NERFINISHED ⓘ Maruoka Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ Tojinbo Cliffs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRegionCode | JP-18-201 ⓘ |
| hasRole | administrative center of Fukui Prefecture ⓘ |
| hasSisterCity |
Fullerton, California
NERFINISHED
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Taiyuan, China NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladivostok, Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Winnipeg, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStation | Fukui Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransportation |
Echizen Railway
NERFINISHED
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Fukui Railway Fukubu Line NERFINISHED ⓘ JR West Hokuriku Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCapitalOf | Fukui Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Buddhist temples
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Echizen crab ⓘ Echizen lacquerware NERFINISHED ⓘ Echizen pottery NERFINISHED ⓘ Echizen washi paper NERFINISHED ⓘ Sea of Japan coastline NERFINISHED ⓘ heavy snowfall in winter ⓘ historic castle ruins ⓘ seafood ⓘ traditional crafts ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chūbu region
NERFINISHED
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Fukui Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Hokuriku region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnCoastOf | Sea of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnIsland | Honshu ⓘ |
| river |
Asuwa River
NERFINISHED
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Hino River NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuzuryu River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Japan Standard Time ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +09:00 ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Japanese writing system ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Fukui, Japan Description of subject: Fukui, Japan is a coastal city on Japan’s main island of Honshu known for its historic castle ruins, nearby Eiheiji Temple, and scenic Sea of Japan coastline.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Giessen
this entity surface form:
Ishikawa, Japan