A 65-year-old U.S. citizen was detained by Japanese police on charges of vandalizing the wooden torii gate of ... discovered on another gate leading to the Meiji Jingu 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 ...

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 ...

In the fall of 2020, the town of Tsushima’s Watazumi Shrine was damaged by a typhoon that struck the area, destroying one of its torii gates that rises out ... don’t. A large gate may be placed across ...

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 ...