There are religions that put their believers' faith to the test with harsh trials. On a mountain in Japan, that test is not ...

The shrine complex dates back to the eighth century, but it's not the star of the show. Most visitors come for the close to 10,000 red and orange lacquered torii gates that line the 2 ½-mile-long ...

The Meiji shrine is a Shinto shrine that “was established ... a foundation of modernized Japan,” according to its website. Torii gates are often found at the entrance to Shinto shrines that ...

A 65-year-old American tourist, identified as Steve Lee Hayes, was arrested in Tokyo for allegedly defacing a torii gate at the historic Meiji Shrine. The arrest, made on Wednesday, followed an ...

69.4 x 19.6 cm. (27.3 x 7.7 in.) ...

Sakai asked if he knew a Takahashi Toshimi who had donated a Torii gate to a local shrine. Furusato was stunned: Yes, Takahashi, then 86, was the former head of a fishing association in the nearby ...

On May 19, the final day of the festival, three large mikoshi portable shrines were carried out of the grounds of Asakusajinja shrine. The three portable shrines passed through the torii gate one ...

When entering the shrine, you'll first see the Torii, or the shrine's large archway. It's traditional to bow once entering, then again when you leave. To foreigners, the Temizusha may appear to be ...

14. The pyrotechnics were set off from a boat at sea to celebrate the completion of restoration work on the giant torii gate at the shrine built over the water on Miyajima island. It was the ...