Osaka, 30 March 2025. Philippine Consul General to Osaka, Mr. Voltaire D. Mauricio, presided over a coordination meeting with Filipino Community leaders and representatives held at the Migrant Workers Office in Osaka. During the meeting, Consul General Mauricio presented the proposed Pistang Pilipino sa Osaka project to be held at the Sakai City Hall grounds on 21-22 June 2025.
“The Sakai City Government approached us and offered its grounds in front of the city hall as the venue for a barrio fiesta-like event. Following the success of the Philippine Festival in Tokyo, the Pistang Pilipino in Nagoya, let us have a similar event here in Osaka and I am asking for your support for this project. Let us make this project a success and make it our annual project”, Consul General Mauricio said.
About twenty-five FilCom representatives attended the first coordination meeting. Also in attendance during the meeting was Ms. Elizabeth R. Estrada, Labor Representative of MWO Osaka, Ms. Anna Liza F. Alcantara, Cultural Officer of the Philippine Consulate General in Osaka,
and Ms. Maria Luisa Kondo of One Network, a production company and co-organizer of the Pistang Pilipino sa Osaka project.
