Yosakoi Festival

E696863

Japanese festival dance festival

The Yosakoi Festival is a vibrant Japanese dance festival featuring colorful costumes, energetic choreography, and teams performing with wooden clappers in the streets of Kōchi.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Yosakoi Festival canonical	4
YOSAKOIさせぼ祭り	1
Yosakoi Matsuri	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7914988 — 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: Yosakoi Festival
Context triple: [Kōchi Prefecture, knownFor, Yosakoi Festival]

A. Niigata Festival
Niigata Festival is a major summer celebration in Niigata City, Japan, featuring traditional parades, folk dances, fireworks, and river events that highlight the region’s culture and history.
B. Kobine Festival
Kobine Festival is a traditional harvest celebration held by communities in Ghana’s Upper West Region, featuring drumming, dancing, and thanksgiving for a successful farming season.
C. Nagasaki Kunchi Festival
The Nagasaki Kunchi Festival is a centuries-old autumn celebration in Nagasaki famed for its vibrant parades, dragon dances, and multicultural performances reflecting the city’s blend of Japanese, Chinese, and Dutch influences.
D. Gifu Fireworks Festival
The Gifu Fireworks Festival is a major summer event in Gifu, Japan, featuring large-scale fireworks displays over the Nagara River that attract thousands of spectators each year.
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: Yosakoi Festival
Target entity description: The Yosakoi Festival is a vibrant Japanese dance festival featuring colorful costumes, energetic choreography, and teams performing with wooden clappers in the streets of Kōchi.

A. Niigata Festival
Niigata Festival is a major summer celebration in Niigata City, Japan, featuring traditional parades, folk dances, fireworks, and river events that highlight the region’s culture and history.
B. Kobine Festival
Kobine Festival is a traditional harvest celebration held by communities in Ghana’s Upper West Region, featuring drumming, dancing, and thanksgiving for a successful farming season.
C. Nagasaki Kunchi Festival
The Nagasaki Kunchi Festival is a centuries-old autumn celebration in Nagasaki famed for its vibrant parades, dragon dances, and multicultural performances reflecting the city’s blend of Japanese, Chinese, and Dutch influences.
D. Gifu Fireworks Festival
The Gifu Fireworks Festival is a major summer event in Gifu, Japan, featuring large-scale fireworks displays over the Nagara River that attract thousands of spectators each year.
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 (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese festival ⓘ dance festival ⓘ
allows	original choreography ⓘ original costumes ⓘ original musical arrangements ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Yosakoi Matsuri ⓘ linked to: Yosakoi Festival
associatedWith	Kōchi Chamber of Commerce ⓘ tourism promotion in Kōchi ⓘ
audienceType	domestic tourists ⓘ international tourists ⓘ local spectators ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
culturalSignificance	postwar revitalization of local economy ⓘ regional promotion of Kōchi ⓘ
danceStyle	Yosakoi dance ⓘ
duration	several days ⓘ
feature	colorful costumes ⓘ energetic choreography ⓘ street performances ⓘ team-based dancing ⓘ
foundedIn	1954 ⓘ
foundingCity	Kōchi ⓘ linked to: Kōchi City
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasElement	award ceremonies ⓘ competition between teams ⓘ decorated festival trucks ⓘ nighttime parades ⓘ
heldInMonth	August ⓘ
inspired	Yosakoi Soran Festival in Sapporo ⓘ Yosakoi festivals in other parts of Japan ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Kōchi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCity	Kōchi ⓘ linked to: Kōchi City
mainEventType	dance parade ⓘ
musicType	modern arrangements of traditional songs ⓘ upbeat music ⓘ
originatesFrom	Kōchi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
participantType	corporate teams ⓘ dance teams ⓘ local community groups ⓘ student teams ⓘ
performanceLocation	stage venues in Kōchi ⓘ streets of Kōchi ⓘ
region	Shikoku ⓘ
rule	teams must include part of the original Yosakoi Naruko Odori song or approved music ⓘ teams must use naruko clappers ⓘ
startYear	1954 ⓘ
usesInstrument	naruko wooden clappers ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Kōchi Prefecture → knownFor → Yosakoi Festival ⓘ

subject linked to: Kōchi Prefecture, Japan

Kōchi Prefecture → hasTraditionalFestival → Yosakoi Festival ⓘ

subject linked to: Kōchi Prefecture, Japan

Kochi → hasCulturalAttraction → Yosakoi Festival ⓘ

Kochi → hasFestival → Yosakoi Festival ⓘ

Yosakoi Festival → alsoKnownAs → Yosakoi Matsuri ⓘ

linked to: Yosakoi Festival

佐世保市 → hasFestival → YOSAKOIさせぼ祭り ⓘ