Steven Lee Hayes, 65, is accused of carving his family's name into the gate of a famed Tokyo shrine, say police.

Steve Lee Hayes carved letters onto a pillar of a gate of a shrine in Shibuya and was arrested on suspicion of property ...

As far as Shinto shrines go (there are about 400 in Kyoto), this one is pretty special ... the close to 10,000 red and orange lacquered torii gates that line the 2 ½-mile-long path up Mount ...

KYOTO--Police have opened an investigation into graffiti scratched into a pillar of the Sanmon gate, a centuries-old national treasure at Chionin temple, the main place of worship of the Jodo sect ...

As far as Shinto shrines go (there are about 400 in Kyoto), this one is pretty special ... the close to 10,000 red and orange lacquered torii gates that line the 2 ½-mile-long path up Mount ...

69.4 x 19.6 cm. (27.3 x 7.7 in.) ...

KYOTO--Priests at Chion-in temple here tolled a 70-ton bell, said to be one of Japan’s three largest temple bells, in a dry run to ring out a year overshadowed by wars overseas. The Dec. 27 ...

Kyoto, Japan is a captivating city steeped ... The shrine takes you through thousands of bright orange torii gates which wind ...

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