The day before, Hayes allegedly “carved alphabet letters” into a wooden pillar of the entrance – a traditional Japanese torii gate – of the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward ...

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

There are religions that put their believers' faith to the test with harsh trials. On a mountain in Japan, that test is not ...

Otaru, a northern Japanese city in Hokkaido, has deployed security guards to address repeated instances of unruly behaviour ...

Uchiyama Sadafumi and Dorie Vollum from the Portland Japanese Garden visited the ... a Takahashi Toshimi who had donated a Torii gate to a local shrine. Furusato was stunned: Yes, Takahashi ...

Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari, the Shinto deity of rice and sake (Japanese rice wine). The shrine complex dates back ...

Most visitors come for the close to 10,000 red and orange lacquered torii gates that line the ... the Shinto deity of rice and sake (Japanese rice wine). The shrine complex dates back to ...

Otajinja shrine in Taisei district ... the oldest sacred mountainous destination on Japan’s northernmost main island. After going through the torii gate at the mountain foot, tourists heading ...

Under Japanese law, such vandalism could result ... Defacing cultural landmarks like the torii gate at the Meiji Shrine is not just an act of property damage—it is viewed as an affront to ...