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American tourist arrested for vandalizing Tokyo's sacred gate
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 ...
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Specialist uses all senses to preserve Japan’s wooden heritage
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 ...
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Gate at Mt. Fuji’s 5th station ready to swing into action on July 1
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 ...
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American tourist arrested in Japan for defacing a religious shrine by carving into gate with his fingernails
A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan after being accused ... with his fingernails” into the wooden pillar of Meiji shrine gate in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward around 11am on ...