Another clip showed one of the tourists, who reside in the US, holding a handstand at the shrine entrance. Torii gates are traditionally found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine to mark ...

A 65-year-old American tourist, identified as Steve Lee Hayes, was arrested in Tokyo for allegedly defacing a torii gate at the historic Meiji Shrine. The arrest, made on Wednesday, followed an ...

The shrine complex dates back to the eighth century, but it's not the star of the show. Most visitors come for the close to 10,000 red and orange lacquered torii gates that line the 2 ½-mile-long ...

There are religions that put their believers' faith to the test with harsh trials. On a mountain in Japan, that test is not ...

Takahashi Toshimi, a leader of the Okuki fishing community, donated the Torii gate to a local shrine. Okuki is a small community of about 800 residents. At the tip of its pier stands a shrine that ...

When entering the shrine, you'll first see the Torii, or the shrine's large archway. It's traditional to bow once entering, then again when you leave. To foreigners, the Temizusha may appear to be ...

which is the shape of a torii shrine gate. Those characters and symbols will be made with only one or two bonfires this summer, compared with each varying from 53 to 108 blazes in past festivals.