Chichibu Night Festival

E949889

Japanese festival intangible cultural heritage matsuri

The Chichibu Night Festival is a famous annual winter festival in Chichibu, Japan, renowned for its ornate illuminated floats, fireworks, and centuries-old Shinto traditions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Chichibu Night Festival canonical	6
Chichibu Night Festival UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage element	1
Chichibu Night Festival floats	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11805921 — 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: Chichibu Night Festival
Context triple: [Saitama Prefecture, hasTraditionalFestival, Chichibu Night Festival]

A. Fujinomiya Festival
The Fujinomiya Festival is a traditional autumn matsuri in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, known for its ornate festival floats, lively street processions, and celebrations centered around the historic Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha Shrine.
B. Kawagoe Festival
The Kawagoe Festival is a traditional autumn matsuri in Kawagoe, Saitama, famous for its ornate Edo-style floats, lively music, and nighttime parade through the city’s historic streets.
C. Kameoka Festival
The Kameoka Festival is a traditional Japanese autumn matsuri in Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, featuring ornate festival floats, processions, and local cultural celebrations.
D. Nagaoka Festival
The Nagaoka Festival is a major summer event in Nagaoka, Niigata, best known for its large-scale fireworks displays and traditional celebrations.
E. Fujiyoshida Fire Festival
The Fujiyoshida Fire Festival is a traditional late-summer event in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, where massive torches and bonfires are lit to symbolically calm Mount Fuji and mark the end of the climbing season.
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: Chichibu Night Festival
Target entity description: The Chichibu Night Festival is a famous annual winter festival in Chichibu, Japan, renowned for its ornate illuminated floats, fireworks, and centuries-old Shinto traditions.

A. Fujinomiya Festival
The Fujinomiya Festival is a traditional autumn matsuri in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, known for its ornate festival floats, lively street processions, and celebrations centered around the historic Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha Shrine.
B. Kawagoe Festival
The Kawagoe Festival is a traditional autumn matsuri in Kawagoe, Saitama, famous for its ornate Edo-style floats, lively music, and nighttime parade through the city’s historic streets.
C. Kameoka Festival
The Kameoka Festival is a traditional Japanese autumn matsuri in Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, featuring ornate festival floats, processions, and local cultural celebrations.
D. Nagaoka Festival
The Nagaoka Festival is a major summer event in Nagaoka, Niigata, best known for its large-scale fireworks displays and traditional celebrations.
E. Fujiyoshida Fire Festival
The Fujiyoshida Fire Festival is a traditional late-summer event in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, where massive torches and bonfires are lit to symbolically calm Mount Fuji and mark the end of the climbing season.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese festival ⓘ intangible cultural heritage ⓘ matsuri ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Chichibu Yomatsuri ⓘ
associatedWith	Chichibu Shrine grand festival ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Yagokoro-omoikane-no-mikoto ⓘ
attracts	domestic visitors ⓘ international visitors ⓘ large numbers of tourists ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
endTime	late night ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasFeature	fireworks display ⓘ illuminated floats ⓘ kabuki performances ⓘ ornate floats ⓘ processions ⓘ street stalls ⓘ traditional festival music ⓘ winter night celebrations ⓘ
hasHistorySince	17th century ⓘ Edo period ⓘ
hasTransportationAccess	Chichibu Railway ⓘ Seibu Chichibu Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTypeOfFloat	kasaboko ⓘ yatai ⓘ
heldOn	December 2 ⓘ December 3 ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Chichibu NERFINISHED ⓘ Kanto region ⓘ linked to: Kanto Saitama Prefecture ⓘ
mainDay	December 3 ⓘ
mainShrine	Chichibu Shrine ⓘ
notableFor	elaborate float decorations ⓘ lantern-lit processions ⓘ traditional Shinto rituals ⓘ winter fireworks ⓘ
numberOfFloats	6 ⓘ
partOf	Yama, Hoko, Yatai, float festivals in Japan ⓘ
recognizedAs	Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan ⓘ
recognizedBy	Government of Japan ⓘ
region	Chichibu Basin ⓘ
religion	Shinto ⓘ
startTime	evening ⓘ
timeOfYear	winter ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	2016 ⓘ
UNESCOStatus	inscribed on Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Saitama Prefecture → hasTraditionalFestival → Chichibu Night Festival ⓘ

Chichibu → knownFor → Chichibu Night Festival ⓘ

Chichibu → hasCulturalProperty → Chichibu Night Festival floats ⓘ

linked to: Chichibu Night Festival

Chichibu → festival → Chichibu Night Festival ⓘ

Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture → knownFor → Chichibu Night Festival ⓘ

Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture → hasFestival → Chichibu Night Festival ⓘ

Chichibu region → knownFor → Chichibu Night Festival ⓘ

Chichibu region → UNESCOStatus → Chichibu Night Festival UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage element ⓘ