A 65-year-old U.S. citizen was detained by Japanese police on charges of vandalizing the wooden torii gate of one of ... gate leading to the Meiji Jingu shrine. This week, the police also launched ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Photos of a massive red shrine gate that appears to be floating in the sea is one of the most iconic images of Japan. The gate is the great torii of Itsukushima Shrine on the small island in the Seto ...

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 ...

which is in the shape of a torii shrine gate. The festival was drastically scaled back in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 scare to avoid close contact among those lighting the fires and to reduc ...