local police told CNN a 61-year-old Austrian man was arrested for having sex on the grounds of a shrine in Kesennuma — a small coastal town about 500 kilometers (310 miles) north of Tokyo ...

A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a torii gate at a Tokyo shrine.

Steven Lee Hayes, 65, is accused of carving his family's name into the gate of a famed Tokyo shrine, say police BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP via Getty A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested in Japan for ...

Along with rituals, the shrines are used to communicate with the kami. Devotees have a close relationship with their local shrine and often have a small shrine ... in Edo (now Tokyo) of holding ...

Visits to the shrine by senior Japanese political figures have drawn criticism from countries such as South Korea, which was under Tokyo’s colonial rule for 35 years, and China, which Japan invaded.

The Meiji Jingu shrine, in Tokyo, honours the Emperor Meiji and ... In a bid to curb over-tourism, a small town near Mount Fuji erected a barrier to block a view of the sacred mountain after ...

An American man has been arrested for defacing the Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo, as Japan struggles ... curb overcrowding and litter. In May, a small town near Mt Fuji erected a barrier to block ...

An American tourist was arrested in Japan for allegedly defacing a traditional wooden gate at a famous Tokyo shrine by etching ... residents pay to enter the city’s famous samurai-era castle.