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 ...

It was a phone call from an acquaintance in Tokyo who often travels to Oregon ... they were in possession of what appeared to be parts of Torii gates that had washed up in their state in 2013 ...

We all know that Tokyo is a city like no other ... Famous for its vibrant red torii gates and azalea garden, this shrine is a hidden treasure steeped in history. Walking through the torii gates ...

The traditional heartland showcases a different side of spiritual Japan, in a way that completements time well spent in Tokyo. The region offers an abundance of temples, shrines and torii gates to ...

Torii gates at the entrance to Akan-Mashu National Park on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of Japan. The area has long been home to a concentrated population of Indigenous people ...

The gate is the great torii of Itsukushima Shrine on the small island in the Seto Inland Sea known as Miyajima. World Heritage-listed Miyajima is indeed an iconic spot, said to be one of the top three ...

Stone torii gates at two shrines in Suzu collapsed in ... Junichi Nakajima, a professor of seismology at Tokyo Institute of Technology, also agreed that water could be behind the quakes.