The day before, Hayes allegedly “carved alphabet letters” into a wooden pillar of the entrance – a traditional Japanese torii gate – of the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward ...

where the shrine stands. The current gate is the ninth-generation torii. The first one is believed to have been built during the rule of warlord Taira no Kiyomori (1118-1181), according to the ...

The Japan Times reported that the letters were carved into a wooden pillar of a traditional entrance, known as a torii gate, at the Meiji Shrine. Hayes, who is alleged to have used his fingernails ...

But now, Kanonji city has something new to offer: the “torii gate in the sky” of the ... When seen from the hongu building, the torii stands against the backdrop of the clear-blue waters ...

Steve Lee Hayes has reportedly admitted to writing “his family member’s names” on the pillar of a torii gate at the Meiji Shrine in the Shibuya ward of Tokyo on Tuesday, the Japan Times ...

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 ...