Yoshinogari Historical Park

E783030

archaeological park open-air museum

Yoshinogari Historical Park is a large archaeological park in Japan preserving and reconstructing an extensive Yayoi-period settlement, including ancient dwellings, watchtowers, and burial mounds.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Yoshinogari site	2
Yoshinogari Historical Park canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9182860 — 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: Yoshinogari Historical Park
Context triple: [Saga Prefecture, contains, Yoshinogari Historical Park]

A. Shuri-jō Site
Shuri-jō Site is the historic location of the former royal castle and political center of the Ryukyu Kingdom in present-day Naha, Okinawa, Japan.
B. Nakijin-jō Site
Nakijin-jō Site is the ruin of a major Ryukyuan gusuku (castle) in northern Okinawa, Japan, renowned for its stone fortifications and role as a regional power center before the unification of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
C. Naniwa-no-Miya Palace Site
Naniwa-no-Miya Palace Site is an archaeological park in Osaka preserving the remains of an ancient imperial palace that once served as Japan’s capital in the 7th–8th centuries.
D. Asuka Historical National Government Park
Asuka Historical National Government Park is a cultural and historical park in Nara Prefecture, Japan, preserving ancient Asuka-period archaeological sites, tombs, and landscapes.
E. Sakai Mozu Kofun Group
The Sakai Mozu Kofun Group is a cluster of massive ancient burial mounds, including some of the world’s largest keyhole-shaped tombs, dating from Japan’s Kofun period and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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: Yoshinogari Historical Park
Target entity description: Yoshinogari Historical Park is a large archaeological park in Japan preserving and reconstructing an extensive Yayoi-period settlement, including ancient dwellings, watchtowers, and burial mounds.

A. Shuri-jō Site
Shuri-jō Site is the historic location of the former royal castle and political center of the Ryukyu Kingdom in present-day Naha, Okinawa, Japan.
B. Nakijin-jō Site
Nakijin-jō Site is the ruin of a major Ryukyuan gusuku (castle) in northern Okinawa, Japan, renowned for its stone fortifications and role as a regional power center before the unification of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
C. Naniwa-no-Miya Palace Site
Naniwa-no-Miya Palace Site is an archaeological park in Osaka preserving the remains of an ancient imperial palace that once served as Japan’s capital in the 7th–8th centuries.
D. Asuka Historical National Government Park
Asuka Historical National Government Park is a cultural and historical park in Nara Prefecture, Japan, preserving ancient Asuka-period archaeological sites, tombs, and landscapes.
E. Sakai Mozu Kofun Group
The Sakai Mozu Kofun Group is a cluster of massive ancient burial mounds, including some of the world’s largest keyhole-shaped tombs, dating from Japan’s Kofun period and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological park ⓘ open-air museum ⓘ
accessibleBy	JR Nagasaki Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
archaeologicalSiteType	cemetery site ⓘ settlement site ⓘ
area	approximately 40 hectares ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
discoveredIn	1980s ⓘ
era	Yayoi period NERFINISHED ⓘ
excavationsBegan	1986 ⓘ
function	cultural heritage preservation ⓘ educational facility ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
hasPart	burial mounds ⓘ central inner enclosure ⓘ earthen ramparts ⓘ experience learning area ⓘ moats ⓘ museum facilities ⓘ north inner enclosure NERFINISHED ⓘ observation towers ⓘ outer settlement area ⓘ pit graves ⓘ raised-floor storehouses ⓘ reconstructed dwellings ⓘ south inner enclosure NERFINISHED ⓘ visitor center ⓘ watchtowers ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Special National Historic Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	Special Historic Site of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	evidence of early Japanese social complexity ⓘ extensive archaeological reconstructions ⓘ large Yayoi-period settlement remains ⓘ
locatedIn	Kanzaki NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyushu NERFINISHED ⓘ Saga Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoshinogari NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy	Saga Prefectural Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Yoshinogari-koen Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
offers	archaeology-related exhibitions ⓘ guided tours ⓘ hands-on historical experiences ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
operatedBy	Saga Prefectural Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicParkOpened	1992 ⓘ
region	northern Kyushu ⓘ
theme	Yayoi-period daily life ⓘ ancient Japanese agriculture ⓘ early Japanese political structures ⓘ
timeSpanRepresented	3rd century BCE to 3rd century CE ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Saga Prefecture → contains → Yoshinogari Historical Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yoshinogari site

Yayoi period → archaeologicalEvidence → Yoshinogari Historical Park ⓘ