Hayes is accused of “carving the alphabet with his fingernails” into the wooden pillar of Meiji shrine gate in Tokyo’s ... according to its website. Torii gates are often found at the ...

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.

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 ...

HATSUKAICHI, Hiroshima Prefecture--The famed “floating” torii gate of Itsukushimajinja shrine, a World Heritage site under repair, was revealed for the first time in about three and a half years.

TANABE, Wakayama -- A massive torii gate at a shrine in this western Japan city has been lit up in red and blue, the theme colors of the 2025 World Expo set to open in Osaka on April 13 ...

Watazumi Shrine is found on Tsushima Island. Most famous for its half-sunken Torii gate, it's thought to have inspired Ghost of Tsushima's in-game Scarlet Rock shrine, and received $260,000 from ...

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 ...