Scratches are seen on a Torii gate at Meiji shrine in Tokyo on November 14, 2024. A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested for allegedly etching letters onto a traditional wooden gate at a ...

A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a torii gate at a Tokyo shrine. The suspect, Steve Lee Hayes, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of ...

Bath built a Japanese torii gate and memorial garden honoring citizens of Tsugaru who, in 1889, rescued crew members of the Cheseborough, a Bath-built merchant vessel that ran aground during a ...

It’s not immediately clear if his family was with him when he allegedly carved their names into the shrine. Scratches are seen on a Torii gate at Meiji shrine in Tokyo on November 14, 2024.

People walk past a Torii gate at Meiji shrine in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2024. A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested for allegedly etching letters onto a traditional wooden gate at a Tokyo shrine ...

Steven Lee Hayes, 65, is accused of carving his family's name into the gate of a famed Tokyo shrine, say police BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP via Getty A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested in Japan for ...