A 65-year-old U.S. citizen was detained by Japanese police on charges of vandalizing the wooden torii gate of one of Tokyo's most frequently visited shrines, Meiji Jingu. Officers arrested the ...

Entrances to the shrine feature huge wooden gates, known as torii, which are crowned with distinct curved beams. The suspect, who was visiting Japan with his family, faces up to three years in ...

The gate, designated an important cultural property ... Kanakubo believes the pinnacle of Japan’s wood architecture was around the Muromachi Period (1336-1573). “It was normal back in medieval ...

FUJIYOSHIDA, Yamanashi Prefecture—The construction of a gate at the fifth station of Mount Fuji was completed on June 17, two weeks ahead of its use to stop crowds and unsafe climbing of Japan ...

Japanese authorities accused Hayes of using his fingernails to scratch his initials in the wooden torii gate and possibly at another location after traveling with his family on a sightseeing trip ...