The world's largest wooden structure has been completed. Aptly named the Grand Ring, it takes the form of a massive circular ...

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 ...

The gate, designated an important cultural property ... Kanakubo believes the pinnacle of Japan’s wood architecture was around the Muromachi Period (1336-1573). “It was normal back in medieval ...