A 65-year-old U.S. citizen was detained by Japanese police on charges of vandalizing the wooden torii ... markings resembling Chinese characters were discovered on another gate leading to the ...
The brown wooden gate, which blends into the natural scenery, measures 1.8 meters high and eight meters wide. Its double doors open four meters wide. The cost of the construction was 1 million yen ...
In Japan, there's much talk about an American tourist who carved letters into the wooden gate of ... other carvings resembling Chinese characters were found on another gate leading to the same ...