Japanese police have arrested a 65-year-old male American tourist on suspicion of vandalizing a wooden torii gate at ...

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

The closest metro stations to the Meiji Shrine are the Harajuku station and the Kita-Sando Station. The shrine is free to visit and welcomes visitors from sunrise to sunset every day, but the ...

An American visiting Japan with his family has been arrested on suspicion of vandalism after allegedly desecrating Tokyo’s ...

Harajuku Station was unusually relaxed ... saying its location beside the tranquil Meiji Shrine grounds makes it special. But problems became apparent. The area around the station is designated ...

An American arrested for defacing a sacred Tokyo shrine became the latest example of Japan's struggle to cope with misbehaving visitors amid a boom in inbound tourism. Japan welcomed nearly 27 million ...

TOKYO — Police said Wednesday they have arrested a 65-year-old American male for allegedly defacing Meiji Jingu shrine in ...

Princess Aiko visited Meiji Shrine in Tokyo to pay her respects to Empress Shoken on April 10, the day before the 110th anniversary of her death. This marked the young princess’s first official ...

JR Harajuku Station is on the JR Yamanote Line ... The new station building features a west exit near the tranquil wooded Meiji Shrine, in addition to the current Takeshita Exit and Omotesando ...