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 ...
making it one of the largest wooden gates still standing in Japan. A Buddhist hall sits on the upper level. The central government designated the gate a national treasure in 2002.
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 ...
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 ...