American tourist arrested for allegedly defacing gate at Tokyo shrine

American tourist arrested in Japan for defacing a religious shrine

The 65-year-old reportedly admitted he ‘wrote his family members’ names’ on the wooden pillar

American tourist arrested for allegedly defacing Tokyo's Meiji Jingu Shrine

An American man has been arrested for allegedly carving letters into a torii gate at a Meiji Jingu Shrine in Japan's Tokyo.  Tokyo Metropolitan Police alleged that the 65-year-old man used his fingernails to carve five letters into the pillar of a torii gate at the popular tourist spot.  The suspect, Steve Lee Hayes, was arrested on Wednesday (Nov 13) on charges of property damage, a Tokyo Metropolitan Police spokesperson told CNN. The man car

American tourist arrested in Japan for allegedly defacing Tokyo shrine gate

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

American tourist arrested for allegedly carving letters into sacred shrine in Tokyo

Tokyo Metropolitan Police allege the man used his fingernails to carve five letters into the pillar of a torii gate at the popular tourist attraction.

Japan's latest tourism headache is American arrested for damaging Tokyo shrine

A 65-year-old American is suspected of carving alphabetical characters into the pillar of a torii gate of the Meiji Jingu Shrine.