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

to commemorate the virtue of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken who took the initiative to make a foundation of modernized Japan,” according to its website. Torii gates are often found at the ...

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.

1 swimming beach,” attracting many beachgoers in summer. But now, Kanonji city has something new to offer: the “torii gate in the sky” of the “hongu” main building of Takayajinja shrine ...

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion ... When entering the shrine, you'll first see the Torii, or the shrine's large archway. It's traditional to bow once entering, then ...