Culture and Sports Promotion

CULTURE & SPORTS

SIIX is engaged in promotional activities related to culture and sports.

100th Anniversary of Japan-Slovakia Relationship – Sponsorship of Cherry Tree Planting in Slovakia

The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of relationship between Japan and the Slovak Republic. In commemoration of this, the Embassy of Japan in Slovakia organized the “Blooming Slovakia” project to plant 500 cherry blossom trees in Slovakia, and our company supported the project. Although the commemoration ceremony had been postponed due to COVID-19, it was held on June 8, 2021, hosted by the Embassy of Japan, inviting the mayor of Nitra and related people. Our company is an honorary consulate in Osaka due to the fact that we have a factory in Nitra, Slovakia (SIIX EMS Slovakia s.r.o.), and we donated a cherry blossom tree sapling in support of this commemorative project. We hope that this cherry blossom tree, which is appropriate for the 100th anniversary, will become a symbol that will unite the people of both countries for the next 100 years, and we will continue to cooperate in promoting bilateral relations.

Related Information

Commemorative Ceremony for Tree Planting in Nitra City (From the website of the Embassy of Japan in Slovakia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan)* Japanese only

Slovakia National Opera

Banská Bystrica Slovakia National Opera is held by joint hosting of SIIX and Honorary Consulate of the Slovak Republic every year.

“Banská Bystrica Slovakia National Opera is a public interest Incorporated association of Slovak Republic, which was established in September 1, 1959. They’ve been pursuing their steady performance for the purpose of “A high quality opera at an affordable price” and “Encouraging cultural relations between Slovakia and Japan” since their first performance in Japan of 1999. Honorary Consulate of the Slovak Republic, which SIIX opened in Osaka, and SIIX contributed their first performance in the Kansai area in 2017 and since then, we hold it every year.”

OPERA GALA CONCERT

～ Central Europe, Slovakia Republic
Banska Bistrica State Opera ～

Since opening the Honorary Consulate of the Slovak Republic in Osaka in October 2014, we have held a total of five “Concert Operas” in Osaka from the first performance in January 2017 to last year after the interruption of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Japan tour, which began in 1999 with the aim of “high-quality opera at an affordable price” and “cultural exchange between Slovakia and Japan through opera”, became possible by the friendship and efforts of the opera house and Japan supporters, and Shiro Murai, the first honorary consul, was moved and decided to undertake a performance in Osaka.
It is not a large-scale opera, but a unique structure with minimal props, a simple stage, piano accompaniment, and a few soloists, and its first part of a digest version of the opera which is called “concert opera” and the second part of the operetta and song masterpieces so that even those who are new to opera can enjoy it. This is a regular style we have delivered.

But in 2025, in commemoration of the Osaka-Kansai Expo, Slovakia, a participating country, has decided to hold the “OPERA GALA CONCERT” as a “special performance only in Osaka” as an EXPO-related event.

We hope that everyone in Kansai will be able to enjoy the essence of opera in a casual way.

SIIX Corporation
Osaka Slovakia Opera Executive Committee

EXPO 2025-Related Event by SLOVAKIA
Banska Bystrica State Opera, SLOVAKIA
OPERA GALA CONCERT

June 23 (Mon) 18:00 start 20:00 end
Osaka City Central Public Hall, Main Hall

For tickets, please apply (via this forms).
Or, please call to 06-6266-6432

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OPERA GALA CONCERT Brochure

(information) other concerts (regular and half (1st part only))
1st Part : Concert Opera “L’elisir d’amore”
2nd Part : Famous songs from Opera and Operetta

6/26 Thu: Fukuoka, Kurume City Plaza, Kurumeza 13:00 (regular)
6/27 Fri : Saga, Kamimine Community center 14:00 (half)
6/30 Mon: Saga, Karatsu Senior Citizen Fureai Hall, Rifure, 18:30 (half)
7/05 Sat : Saga, Kashima Civic Cultural Hall, Sakurasu (regular)