Steve Lee Hayes carved letters onto a pillar of a gate of a shrine in Shibuya and was arrested on suspicion of property ...

A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a torii gate at a Tokyo shrine.

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.

The pulled figure depicted a destroyed Torii gate with Naoe standing on top of it, which some social media users have likened to selling a collectible of a church cut in half. An Assassin's Creed ...

American tourist arrested for vandalizing Tokyo shrine highlights growing concerns over misbehavior among visitors as Japan ...