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東京・九段北の靖国神社で7月13日、戦没者を慰霊する夏祭りとして親しまれてきた「みたままつり」が始まった。2015年は、若者のマナーの悪さや人出が増えすぎていることなどから、露店の出店が初めて中止となった。毎日新聞は次のように報じている。
みたままつりは終戦から２年後の１９４７年に始まったが、出店の中止は初めて。期間中は約３０万人の参拝客でにぎわう一方、最近は若者らが遅くまで酒を飲んで騒いだり、男女が出会いを求めて集う「ナンパ祭り」とインターネット上に書かれたりし、神社などが対応に苦慮していた。
靖国神社によると、まつりの期間中、例年は参道に約２００の露店が並び、午後１０時ごろまで軽食などを販売していた。約１０年前から多数の若者らが集まり、「（露店が閉まった後も）近隣で遅くまで飲み食いしている」「騒がしい」との苦情が住民から神社に寄せられ、周辺の道路にはごみがあふれるようになったという。
（靖国神社：「みたままつり」で露店ダメ ナンパ横行で苦慮 - 毎日新聞 2015/06/30 09:00）
神社が露店の出店中止を公表したのは6月。警視庁麴町署によると、2014年はけんかや提灯を壊すなどの器物損壊などのトラブルが11件あったという。
露店出店が見合わせとなったことについて、Twitterには次のような声が寄せられている。
靖国神社のみたままつり
靖国神社のみたままつり(01 of27)
People walk amongst rows of lit lanterns during the Mitama Matsuri festival at the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 13, 2014. Some 30,000 lanterns were illuminated in the precinct in memory of victims of war. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
靖国神社のみたままつり(02 of27)
Women walk in front of a row of paper lanterns with the names of the shrine deveotees, during the festival of \"Mitama\" or departed souls, at Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, Monday, July 14, 2014. The annual summer festival is held to solace the souls of the war dead. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
靖国神社のみたままつり(03 of27)
People visit the Yasukuni Shrine during the Mitama Matsuri festival in Tokyo on July 13, 2013. Some 30,000 lanterns were illuminated in the precinct in memory of victims of war. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
靖国神社のみたままつり(04 of27)
Visitors take a photo in front of rows of paper lanterns during the festival of \"Mitama\", or departed souls at Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, Monday, July 14, 2014. The devotees\' names of the shrine are seen on the lanterns. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
靖国神社のみたままつり(05 of27)
A couple poses in front of rows of paper lanterns with the names of the shrine devotees during the festival of \"Mitama\", or departed souls, at Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, Monday, July 14, 2014. The annual summer festival is held to solace the souls of the war dead. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
靖国神社のみたままつり(06 of27)
Women walk in front of rows of paper lanterns during the festival of \"Mitama\" or departed souls, at Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, Monday, July 14, 2014. The annual summer festival is held to solace the souls of the war dead. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
靖国神社のみたままつり(07 of27)
People visit the war-related Yasukuni Shrine during its Mitama Matsuri festival in Tokyo on July 13, 2014. Some 30,000 lanterns were illuminated in the precinct in memory of victims of war. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
靖国神社のみたままつり(08 of27)
A couple walks in front of rows of paper lanterns during the festival of Mitama, or departed souls at Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, Monday, July 14, 2014. The annual summer festival is held to solace the souls of the war dead. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
靖国神社のみたままつり(09 of27)
A couple poses in front of rows of paper lanterns with the names of shrine devotees during the festival of \"Mitama\", or departed souls at Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, Monday, July 14, 2014. The annual summer festival is held to solace the souls of the war dead. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
靖国神社のみたままつり(10 of27)
Visitors look at paper lanterns with the names of Japanese war dead during the Mitama or \"departed soul\" festival at Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo Saturday, July 13, 2013. More than 30,000 lanterns donated by citizens are displayed on the grounds of the shrine during an annual summer festival to solace the souls of the war dead. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
靖国神社のみたままつり(11 of27)
A portable shrine is carried past rows of lit lanterns during the Mitama Matsuri festival at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 13, 2015. Some 30,000 lanterns were illuminated in the precinct in memory of victims of war. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
靖国神社のみたままつり(12 of27)
A girl riding her father\'s shoulders watches paper lanterns during the Mitama (Soul) Festival at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo Wednesday, July 15, 2009. More than 30,000 lanterns donated by citizens are displayed in the grounds during the four-day annual summer festival to solace the souls of Japan\'s war dead. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
靖国神社のみたままつり(13 of27)
A couple walks by paper lanterns displayed at Yasukuni Shrine during the Mitama Festival in Tokyo Wednesday, July 14, 2010. More than 30,000 lanterns donated by citizens are displayed on the grounds during the annual summer festival to solace the souls of Japan\'s war dead. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
靖国神社のみたままつり(14 of27)
Visitors walk past rows of lit lanterns during the Mitama Matsuri festival at the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 13, 2014. Some 30,000 lanterns were illuminated in the precinct in memory of victims of war. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
靖国神社のみたままつり(15 of27)
Visitors walk past paper lanterns during the Mitama (Soul) Festival at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo Wednesday, July 15, 2009. More than 30,000 lanterns donated by citizens are displayed in the grounds during the four-day annual summer festival to solace the souls of Japan\'s war dead. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
靖国神社のみたままつり(16 of27)
A portable shrine is carried past rows of lit lanterns during the Mitama Matsuri festival at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 13, 2015. Some 30,000 lanterns were illuminated in the precinct in memory of victims of war. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
靖国神社のみたままつり(17 of27)
People walk amongst rows of lit lanterns during the Mitama Matsuri festival at the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 13, 2014. Some 30,000 lanterns were illuminated in the precinct in memory of victims of war. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
靖国神社のみたままつり(18 of27)
A shrine maiden (C) and visitors walk past rows of lit lanterns during the Mitama Matsuri festival at the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 13, 2014. Some 30,000 lanterns were illuminated in the precinct in memory of victims of war. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
靖国神社のみたままつり(19 of27)
People walk amongst rows of lit lanterns during the Mitama Matsuri festival at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 13, 2013. Some 30,000 lanterns were illuminated in the precinct in memory of victims of war. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
靖国神社のみたままつり(20 of27)
A shrine maiden (C) and visitors walk past rows of lit lanterns during the Mitama Matsuri festival at the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 13, 2014. Some 30,000 lanterns were illuminated in the precinct in memory of victims of war. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
靖国神社のみたままつり(21 of27)
A portable shrine is carried into the Yasukuni Shrine during the Mitama Matsuri festival in Tokyo on July 13, 2013. Some 30,000 lanterns were illuminated in the precinct in memory of victims of war. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
靖国神社のみたままつり(22 of27)
A portable shrine is carried amongst rows of lit lanterns during the Mitama Matsuri festival at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 13, 2013. Some 30,000 lanterns were illuminated in the precinct in memory of victims of war. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
靖国神社のみたままつり(23 of27)
TOPSHOTS\nPeople walk in front of rows of lit lanterns during the Mitama Matsuri festival at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15, 2012. Some 30,000 lanterns were illuminated in the precinct in memory of victims of war. AFP PHOTO / Toru YAMANAKA (Photo credit should read TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:TORU YAMANAKA via Getty Images)
靖国神社のみたままつり(24 of27)
A portable shrine is carried amongst rows of lit lanterns during the Mitama Matsuri festival at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 13, 2013. Some 30,000 lanterns were illuminated in the precinct in memory of victims of war. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
靖国神社のみたままつり(25 of27)
Tokyo, JAPAN: People visit the Yasukuni shrine during the \'Mitama\' festival at the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, 13 July 2007. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe donated the lantern to the war shrine as the latest gift to the site reviled by China and South Korea as a symbol of imperialism. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA (Photo credit should read TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA via Getty Images)
靖国神社のみたままつり(26 of27)
Tokyo, JAPAN: A worker adjusts dedicated paper lanterns including Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi\'s one (above C) during the Yasukuni shrine\'s summer festival, Mitama Matsuri in Tokyo, 13 July 2006. Yasukuni, a controversial war shrine honors 2.5 million war dead including 14 top war criminals and is seen by China and South Korea as a symbol of militarism. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA (Photo credit should read TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA via Getty Images)
靖国神社のみたままつり(27 of27)
A couple stand in front of lit lanterns during the Mitama Matsuri festival at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15, 2012. Some 30,000 lanterns were illuminated in the precinct in memory of victims of war. AFP PHOTO / Toru YAMANAKA (Photo credit should read TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:TORU YAMANAKA via Getty Images)
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祈る参拝客(01 of39)
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午前9時すぎの境内(02 of39)
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万歳三唱をする参拝者も(03 of39)
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昼に向かって、徐々に参拝客が増える。(04 of39)
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猛暑の中、境内では軍歌や万歳三唱の声が時折響く(05 of39)
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参拝客らの姿(06 of39)
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恒久平和を祈る千羽鶴(07 of39)
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供え物も置かれていた。(08 of39)
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午前10時頃から一気に人が増える(09 of39)
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午前10時。白い鳩が境内から一斉に放たれた。(12 of39)
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靖国神社に代わる国立追悼施設に反対する署名活動も行われていた(15 of39)
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参道入口付近にある大村益次郎の像(16 of39)
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付近はものものしい警備体制(17 of39)
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駐車場は大混雑。(19 of39)
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ゼロ戦も展示されている。(21 of39)
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千鳥ヶ淵を臨む(22 of39)
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千鳥ケ淵戦没者墓苑に向かう道。靖国神社ほどの人はない。(23 of39)
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千鳥ケ淵戦没者墓苑について(25 of39)
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一般客も献花できる。(27 of39)
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建造物の下に遺骨が安置されている(28 of39)
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天皇陛下の歌碑(29 of39)
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首相の参拝を前にして、報道陣が待機する。(30 of39)
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安倍首相からの献花も(32 of39)
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10時57分頃、海江田万里民主党代表が献花に訪れる(34 of39)
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11時15分過ぎに菅官房長官も(36 of39)
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11時25分、安倍首相が到着。記帳する(37 of39)
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