According to public broadcaster NHK, five letters – believed to be the tourist’s family name – were allegedly etched into a ...

The antics of tourists in places of religious worship never cease to amaze. In Japan, there's much talk about an American ...

Steve Hayes reportedly used his fingernails to scratch letters in a traditional wooden gate at the temple complex.

The antics of tourists in places of religious worship never cease to amaze. In Japan, there's much talk about an American ...

An American man is arrested on suspicion of vandalizing Tokyo's Meiji Shrine:: Tokyo, Japan:: November 14, 2024:: File:: ...

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

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

Tokyo authorities arrested a 65-year-old U.S. tourist for allegedly defacing the grate of a local shrine on Tuesday.

Steve Lee Hayes carved letters onto a pillar of a gate of a shrine in Shibuya and was arrested on suspicion of property ...

Meiji Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Tokyo, and popular tourist destination ... for a “butt selfie” in front of a famous Buddhist temple. And in 2022, a tourist who climbed the steps of the ...

To pray for good fortune in the New Year, people in Japan routinely flock to temples and shrines in the first few days of January. Tokyo's Meiji Shrine enshrines Emperor Meiji, who ruled from ...

Because of its importance, Meiji Jingu pulls in plenty of sightseers ... The star attraction here is Senso-ji, Tokyo’s oldest temple, which was first built in the 600s to house a statue of ...