A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a torii gate at a Tokyo shrine. The suspect, Steve Lee Hayes, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of ...

The Meiji shrine is a Shinto shrine that “was established ... a foundation of modernized Japan,” according to its website. Torii gates are often found at the entrance to Shinto shrines that ...

The shrine complex dates back to the eighth century, but it's not the star of the show. Most visitors come for the close to 10,000 red and orange lacquered torii gates that line the 2 ½-mile-long ...

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 you leave. To foreigners, the Temizusha may appear to be ...

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 ...

The shrine is significant in Japanese culture and ... Hayes of using his fingernails to scratch his initials in the wooden torii gate and possibly at another location after traveling with his ...

The pyrotechnics were set off from a boat at sea to celebrate the completion of restoration work on the giant torii gate at the shrine built over the water on Miyajima island. It was the first ...

69.4 x 19.6 cm. (27.3 x 7.7 in.) ...