Nagano hot spring ryokan foreclosed a second time
The Rinsenro Kashiwaya Bessou Ryokan is up for foreclosure auction for a second time, this time with a minimum bid is set at 25,168,000 Yen (approx. 230,000 USD). Bidding is open from November 29 to December 6, with the winning bid to be announced on December 11.
Shrine in Enoshima up for foreclosure auction
A Shinto shrine on Enoshima Island is up for foreclosure auction next month with a minimum bid set at 46.8 million Yen (approx. 430,000 USD).
City abandons foreclosure of five-storied pagoda and temple grounds
Katsuyama City in Fukui Prefecture has given up on their attempt to auction off a foreclosed pagoda and temple property due to a lack of buyers.
Failed share houses start to hit foreclosure market
One of the early foreclosures of failed share houses developed as part of a wide-scale scam goes up for public auction next week. The minimum bid for the building and land is set at 23,672,000 Yen (approx. 205,000 USD), with results to be announced on October 25 (Update: It sold for 25,180,000 Yen to a private bidder). Back in January, several share houses by a former Ginza-based share house developer were listed for public foreclosure auction, selling for around a third to less than a half of what the original investors would have paid for them.
Motoazabu house and land sells for 1.1 billion Yen
A house and land in Tokyo’s Motoazabu address sold for 1.16 billion Yen (approx. 10.5 million USD) at a public auction last month. The sale, conducted by Osaka City, attracted seven bidders, including one well-known developer. The City had set a reserve price of 673,261,700 Yen.Read more
Ehime ‘Castle’ up for public auction
A 5-storey ‘castle’ in the outskirts of Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, is up for public auction this month with a minimum bid set at 39,240,000 Yen (approx. 370,000 USD).
The property is a run-down former love hotel designed to resemble a traditional Japanese castle. The 2,600 sqm (27,800 sq.ft) hotel was built in the 1980s, but has been closed since the early 2000s. It is located on a 15,000 sqm block of land across the road from a pond and golf course, and a few hundred meters from several housing subdivisions.Read more
Nara Dreamland sold to Osaka real estate company
Nara Dreamland, the long-since closed amusement park modelled after California’s Disneyland, was purchased by an Osaka-based real estate company earlier this month for 730 million Yen (5.95 million USD). The buyer, SK Housing, was the only bidder at the public auction. It is unclear what the new owner plans to do with the site.Read more