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Going once, going twice: your very own pagoda

NAGOYA, Japan - This five-story pagoda located at Sedaiji temple in Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, will be auctioned off to pay tax arrears owed by the temple's owners -- the now-defunct real estate company Sogo Fudosan and its corporate parent Sogo Taxi. The city of Katsuyama seized the 75-meter-high pagoda and other properties of the temple as liens on overdue property and local corporate taxes. Interested bidders must pay the city a deposit of 350 million yen by Nov. 27. Results of the auction will be announced two days later. Kiyoshi Tada, once known as the ''taxicab king of Kansai,'' built Sedaiji in 1987 as a tourist attraction in his native Katsuyama.

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Ise Udon

Ise udon, a local dish of Ise City, Mie Prefecture,Japan

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Matsusaka beef

The scene of grilling Matsusaka beef and Matsusaka meat, a specialty of Mie Prefecture in Japan.

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Matsusaka beef

The scene of grilling Matsusaka beef and Matsusaka meat, a specialty of Mie Prefecture in Japan.

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A scene of eels being grilled

A scene of eels roasting on a shichirin

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Matsusaka beef

The scene of grilling Matsusaka beef and Matsusaka meat, a specialty of Mie Prefecture in Japan.

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Matsusaka beef

The scene of grilling Matsusaka beef and Matsusaka meat, a specialty of Mie Prefecture in Japan.

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Ise Udon

Ise udon, a local dish of Ise City, Mie Prefecture,Japan

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A bowl of eel

A bowl of eel and rice (Una don) a specialty of Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, Japan

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Rock Oysters

Oysters available during the summer season in Toba City, Mie Prefecture,Japan

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Cultivation of aosa seaweed

Mie Prefecture is the largest producer of aosa seaweed in Japan

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Seafood bowl

Seafood bowl in Owase City, Mie Prefecture, Japan

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Cultivation of aosa seaweed

Mie Prefecture is the largest producer of aosa seaweed in Japan

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Seafood bowl

Seafood bowl in Owase City, Mie Prefecture, Japan

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Green tea and Japanese sweets

Japanese sweets made with plums and green tea

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Seafood bowl

Seafood bowl in Owase City, Mie Prefecture, Japan

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Oysters

Oysters in Toba City, Mie Prefecture,Japan

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Oysters

Oysters in Toba City, Mie Prefecture,Japan

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Kumano Fireworks Festival

A fireworks display held in Kumano City, Mie Prefecture, home to a World Heritage Site.

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Kumano Fireworks Festival

A fireworks display held in Kumano City, Mie Prefecture, home to a World Heritage Site.

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Kumano Fireworks Festival

A fireworks display held in Kumano City, Mie Prefecture, home to a World Heritage Site.

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Fireworks festival in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture

A fireworks display held in Tsu City, the capital of Mie Prefecture, Japan.

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Kumano Fireworks Festival

A fireworks display held in Kumano City, Mie Prefecture, home to a World Heritage Site.

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Fireworks festival in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture

A fireworks display held in Tsu City, the capital of Mie Prefecture, Japan.

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Fireworks festival in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture

A fireworks display held in Tsu City, the capital of Mie Prefecture, Japan.

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Kumano Fireworks Festival

A fireworks display held in Kumano City, Mie Prefecture, home to a World Heritage Site.

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Walking around the castle town in a kimono

Walking through the castle town of Mie Prefecture wearing Matsusaka Momen, a traditional Japanese fabric.

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Fireworks festival in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture

A fireworks display held in Tsu City, the capital of Mie Prefecture, Japan.

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Walking around the castle town in a kimono

Walking through the castle town of Mie Prefecture wearing Matsusaka Momen, a traditional Japanese fabric.

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Walking around the castle town in a kimono

Walking through the castle town of Mie Prefecture wearing Matsusaka Momen, a traditional Japanese fabric.

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Walking around the castle town in a kimono

Walking through the castle town of Mie Prefecture wearing Matsusaka Momen, a traditional Japanese fabric.

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Walking around the castle town in a kimono

Walking through the castle town of Mie Prefecture wearing Matsusaka Momen, a traditional Japanese fabric.

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Walking around the castle town in a kimono

Walking through the castle town of Mie Prefecture wearing Matsusaka Momen, a traditional Japanese fabric.

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Walking around the castle town in a kimono

Walking through the castle town of Mie Prefecture wearing Matsusaka Momen, a traditional Japanese fabric.

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