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 ...

Hayes is accused of “carving the alphabet with his fingernails” into the wooden pillar of Meiji shrine gate in Tokyo’s ... according to its website. Torii gates are often found at the ...

The current gate is the ninth-generation torii. The first one is believed to have been built ... Made from camphor trees, the pillars measure about 10 meters in circumference at the base.