T ANABE, Wakayama -- A massive torii gate at a shrine in this western Japan city has been lit up in red and blue, the theme colors of the 2025 World Expo set to open in Osaka on April 13, in a bid ...

The “torii gate in the sky” of Takayajinja shrine in Kanonji, Kagawa Prefecture, stands against the backdrop of a panoramic view of the Seto Inland Sea during an orange sunset on Sept. 5.

A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a torii gate at a Tokyo shrine. The suspect, Steve Lee Hayes, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of ...

Scratches are seen on a Torii gate at Meiji shrine in Tokyo on November 14, 2024. A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested for allegedly etching letters onto a traditional wooden gate at a ...

Torii Johnson was named long before he was even conceived. His father, Ken, was travelling around Japan and came across a beautiful island with a torii gate, used by the Japanese to symbolically ...

People walk past a Torii gate at Meiji shrine in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2024. A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested for allegedly etching letters onto a traditional wooden gate at a Tokyo shrine ...