Kanda Used Book Festival
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Kanda Used Book Festival is a major annual outdoor book fair in Tokyo’s Jimbocho district, where numerous secondhand bookstores and stalls offer discounted used books and rare finds.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kanda Used Book Festival canonical | 3 |
| Jimbocho Book Festival | 1 |
| Kanda Secondhand Book Festival | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11407412 — 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: Kanda Used Book Festival Context triple: [Jimbocho book district, hasEvent, Kanda Used Book Festival]
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A.
Amar Ekushey Book Fair
Amar Ekushey Book Fair is Bangladesh’s largest and most prominent annual book fair, held in Dhaka every February to commemorate the Bengali Language Movement and promote Bengali literature and culture.
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B.
Festival Internacional del Libro del Palacio de Minería
The Festival Internacional del Libro del Palacio de Minería is a major annual book fair in Mexico City that brings together publishers, authors, and readers for presentations, signings, and cultural activities focused on literature and academic publishing.
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C.
Ok Om Bok festival
The Ok Om Bok festival is a traditional Vietnamese celebration of the moon and rice harvest, particularly observed by the Khmer community in the Mekong Delta with rituals, offerings, and cultural performances.
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D.
Brive Book Fair
The Brive Book Fair is a major French literary festival that brings together authors, publishers, and readers for book signings, discussions, and cultural events in Brive-la-Gaillarde.
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E.
Byobu Matsuri
Byobu Matsuri is a traditional sub-event of Kyoto’s Gion Matsuri in which local households display folding screens and treasured artworks to the public.
- 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: Kanda Used Book Festival Target entity description: Kanda Used Book Festival is a major annual outdoor book fair in Tokyo’s Jimbocho district, where numerous secondhand bookstores and stalls offer discounted used books and rare finds.
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A.
Amar Ekushey Book Fair
Amar Ekushey Book Fair is Bangladesh’s largest and most prominent annual book fair, held in Dhaka every February to commemorate the Bengali Language Movement and promote Bengali literature and culture.
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B.
Festival Internacional del Libro del Palacio de Minería
The Festival Internacional del Libro del Palacio de Minería is a major annual book fair in Mexico City that brings together publishers, authors, and readers for presentations, signings, and cultural activities focused on literature and academic publishing.
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C.
Ok Om Bok festival
The Ok Om Bok festival is a traditional Vietnamese celebration of the moon and rice harvest, particularly observed by the Khmer community in the Mekong Delta with rituals, offerings, and cultural performances.
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D.
Brive Book Fair
The Brive Book Fair is a major French literary festival that brings together authors, publishers, and readers for book signings, discussions, and cultural events in Brive-la-Gaillarde.
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E.
Byobu Matsuri
Byobu Matsuri is a traditional sub-event of Kyoto’s Gion Matsuri in which local households display folding screens and treasured artworks to the public.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual event
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book fair ⓘ cultural festival ⓘ |
| activity |
discounted book sales
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in-store sales at secondhand bookshops ⓘ outdoor sale of used books ⓘ sale of rare and antiquarian books ⓘ street book stalls ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kanda Furuhon Matsuri
ⓘ
Kanda Secondhand Book Festival ⓘ
linked to:
Kanda Used Book Festival
|
| attracts |
book collectors
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general readers ⓘ researchers ⓘ students ⓘ tourists ⓘ |
| city | Tokyo ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
promotes reading culture in Tokyo
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supports secondhand and antiquarian book trade ⓘ |
| district | Chiyoda ⓘ |
| duration | about one week ⓘ |
| feature |
availability of rare and out-of-print titles
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focus on Japanese-language books ⓘ large discounts on used books ⓘ numerous secondhand bookstores participate ⓘ selection of foreign-language books ⓘ temporary outdoor book stalls line the streets ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Jimbocho book town
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linked to:
Jimbocho book district
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| mainVenue | Yasukuni-dori Avenue ⓘ |
| name | Kanda Used Book Festival ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Jimbocho ⓘ |
| organizer |
Kanda-Jimbocho antiquarian and secondhand booksellers
ⓘ
linked to:
Jimbocho book district
Tokyo Booksellers Association ⓘ |
| relatedPlace |
Kanda-Jimbocho Station
ⓘ
Ochanomizu area ⓘ |
| significance |
flagship event of Jimbocho book town
ⓘ
one of Japan’s largest used book fairs ⓘ |
| subjectFocus |
academic books
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antiquarian books ⓘ art books ⓘ comics and manga ⓘ literature ⓘ magazines ⓘ used books ⓘ |
| typicalEndPeriod | early November ⓘ |
| typicalSetting | outdoor street market ⓘ |
| typicalStartPeriod | late October ⓘ |
| weatherDependency | held outdoors and affected by weather conditions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kanda Used Book Festival Description of subject: Kanda Used Book Festival is a major annual outdoor book fair in Tokyo’s Jimbocho district, where numerous secondhand bookstores and stalls offer discounted used books and rare finds.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kanda Used Book Festival
linked to: Kanda Used Book Festival