American tourist arrested in Japan and accused of defacing shrine gate
Steve Lee Hayes carved letters onto a pillar of a gate of a shrine in Shibuya and was arrested on suspicion of property ...
In Japan, foreign tourists’ misdeeds stir outrage, debate: ‘who does something like that?’
Graffiti at historic shrines, car thefts and other incidents have raised concerns about Japan’s perception of foreigners.
‘Torii gate in the sky’ brings tens of thousands to Kanonji city
Facing the Seto Inland Sea, this city is famous for Jinnein and Kannonji, the 68th and 69th temples of the 88 Shikoku pilgrimage route.
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American tourist arrested in Japan for allegedly defacing shrine gate
Torii gates are iconic structures that mark the boundary between the everyday and the sacred at Shinto shrines across Japan ... selfie” in front of a famous Buddhist temple.