A 65-year-old American tourist, identified as Steve Lee Hayes, was arrested in Tokyo for allegedly defacing a torii gate at the historic Meiji Shrine. The arrest, made on Wednesday, followed an ...

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original ... When entering the shrine, you'll first see the Torii, or the shrine's large archway. It's traditional to bow once entering, then again when ...

But now, Kanonji city has something new to offer: the “torii gate in the sky” of the “hongu” main building of Takayajinja shrine that sits atop 404-meter-high Mount Inazumiyama.

7 (UPI) --A formal ceremony heralded the start of the Japan's sumo wrestling season at the Meiji Jingu shrine ... 14 was accused of defacing the shrine's entry gate. Japanese authorities accused ...

Takahashi Toshimi, a leader of the Okuki fishing community, donated the Torii gate to a local shrine. Okuki is a small community of about 800 residents. At the tip of its pier stands a shrine that ...

Princess Aiko visited Meiji Shrine in Tokyo to pay her respects to Empress Shoken on April 10, the day before the 110th anniversary of her death. This marked the young princess’s first official ...

A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a torii gate at ... allegedly etched into a gate pillar at Tokyo’s Meiji Shrine.