or practice peace at the Meiji Shrine. Accessible via Harajuku Station Harajuku has made it into the cultural lexicon thanks to Gwen Stefani's years-long musical ode to Tokyo's fashionable girls.

Meiji Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Shibuya, Tokyo, that is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shōken. The shrine does not contain the emperor's grave, which is ...

Steven Lee Hayes, 65, is accused of carving his family's name into the gate of a famed Tokyo shrine, say police ...

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

Tokyo Metropolitan Police confirmed the arrest of a 65-year-old American on Wednesday (November 13) on suspicion of carving ...

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

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

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

With a population of about 37 million, Tokyo and its surrounding cities ... attractions to help kick off your planning: 1. The Meiji Jingu Shrine Located in the heart of a central park in Shibuya ...

A zelkova tree among those that have begun to be cut down in the Meiji Jingu Gaien area is seen in the background amid protesters raising their voices against the decision, in Tokyo's Shinjuku ...

The oldest religious site in Tokyo is also its most visited ... visitors suggest coming early morning or late at night. The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion) shrine dedicated ...

Carvings resembling Chinese characters, along with scratches, have also been found on a torii gate at Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, investigative sources said the same day.