Meiji-mura open-air museum

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architectural museum open-air museum theme park

Meiji-mura open-air museum is a historical theme park in Japan that preserves and exhibits relocated buildings and architecture from the Meiji era.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Meiji Mura museum	1
Meiji Mura open-air museum	1
Meiji-mura open-air museum canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10014992 — 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: Meiji-mura open-air museum
Context triple: [Aichi Prefecture, containsLandmark, Meiji-mura open-air museum]

A. Shiki Memorial Museum
Shiki Memorial Museum is a cultural institution in Matsuyama, Japan, dedicated to the life and works of haiku poet Masaoka Shiki and the history of modern haiku.
B. Miho Museum
The Miho Museum is a renowned art museum in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, celebrated for its harmonious integration of I. M. Pei’s modern architectural design with the surrounding natural landscape and its collection of Asian and Western antiquities.
C. Tenri Sankokan Museum
Tenri Sankokan Museum is a cultural and historical museum in Tenri, Japan, known for its extensive collections of archaeological artifacts, ethnographic materials, and exhibits related to the history and culture of the region and beyond.
D. Shibusawa Memorial Museum
The Shibusawa Memorial Museum is a cultural institution in Tokyo dedicated to the life, achievements, and legacy of influential industrialist and "father of Japanese capitalism" Shibusawa Eiichi.
E. Asukayama Museum
Asukayama Museum is a local history and culture museum in Kita, Tokyo, showcasing the area's past, including exhibits related to the nearby Asukayama Park and its historical development.
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: Meiji-mura open-air museum
Target entity description: Meiji-mura open-air museum is a historical theme park in Japan that preserves and exhibits relocated buildings and architecture from the Meiji era.

A. Shiki Memorial Museum
Shiki Memorial Museum is a cultural institution in Matsuyama, Japan, dedicated to the life and works of haiku poet Masaoka Shiki and the history of modern haiku.
B. Miho Museum
The Miho Museum is a renowned art museum in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, celebrated for its harmonious integration of I. M. Pei’s modern architectural design with the surrounding natural landscape and its collection of Asian and Western antiquities.
C. Tenri Sankokan Museum
Tenri Sankokan Museum is a cultural and historical museum in Tenri, Japan, known for its extensive collections of archaeological artifacts, ethnographic materials, and exhibits related to the history and culture of the region and beyond.
D. Shibusawa Memorial Museum
The Shibusawa Memorial Museum is a cultural institution in Tokyo dedicated to the life, achievements, and legacy of influential industrialist and "father of Japanese capitalism" Shibusawa Eiichi.
E. Asukayama Museum
Asukayama Museum is a local history and culture museum in Kita, Tokyo, showcasing the area's past, including exhibits related to the nearby Asukayama Park and its historical development.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architectural museum ⓘ open-air museum ⓘ theme park ⓘ
category	Historic sites in Japan ⓘ Museums in Aichi Prefecture ⓘ Open-air museums in Japan ⓘ
collectionFocus	Meiji period structures ⓘ Western-style architecture in Japan ⓘ relocated historical buildings ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
exhibitsPeriod	Meiji period ⓘ linked to: Meiji era early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
foundedBy	Motoo Tsuchikawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoshirō Taniguchi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Imperial Hotel Tokyo lobby ⓘ linked to: Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Kureha-za Theater ⓘ Meiji-era government offices ⓘ Meiji-era post office buildings ⓘ Meiji-era prisons ⓘ Meiji-era residential houses ⓘ Meiji-era schools ⓘ St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral ⓘ linked to: Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier
hasRailwayLine	vintage steam locomotive line ⓘ
hasTram	historic streetcar ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.meijimura.com/ ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Registered Tangible Cultural Property (for some buildings) ⓘ
inception	1965 ⓘ
languageOfSignage	English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Inuyama ⓘ
locatedInPrefecture	Aichi Prefecture ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Chūbu region ⓘ
locatedOnIsland	Honshū ⓘ linked to: Honshu
maintainedBy	Nagoya Railroad ⓘ linked to: Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu)
nearbyCity	Nagoya ⓘ
notableFor	large-scale preservation of Meiji-era architecture ⓘ relocation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Imperial Hotel lobby ⓘ
numberOfBuildings	60+ ⓘ
openingDate	1965-03-18 ⓘ
operator	Nagoya Railroad ⓘ linked to: Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu)
purpose	cultural heritage conservation ⓘ preservation of Meiji-era buildings ⓘ public education ⓘ
theme	Japanese modernization ⓘ Meiji era architecture ⓘ
touristType	domestic tourism ⓘ international tourism ⓘ
transportAccess	bus from Inuyama Station ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Aichi Prefecture → containsLandmark → Meiji-mura open-air museum ⓘ

Imperial Hotel, Tokyo → partiallyRelocatedTo → Meiji Mura museum ⓘ

linked to: Meiji-mura open-air museum

Frank Lloyd Wright main building → portionRelocatedTo → Meiji Mura open-air museum ⓘ