Torishima Hall:
An Arts and Culture Theater in Takatsuki

Torishima’s head office is located in the municipality of Takatsuki in Osaka Prefecture. In March 2023, the city opened the Takatsuki Arts Theater, a new culture center to replace the former Citizen’s Hall. The centerpiece of this facility, and destined to become a household name among local residents, will be a 1,500-seat main theater called Torishima Hall, following our company’s selection under a naming rights agreement.

In addition, as a Takatsuki-based company, we organize factory tours for local people, co-sponsor the Takatsuki City Half Marathon and Takatsuki Citizens’ Sports Day, and run a booth at the Takatsuki Industry Festival so as to promote culture, art, and sports in local communities.

Roadside greening and cleanup

When we constructed our new head office factory, we also improved the perimeter walls by planting trees and shrubs along them. This has created a more pleasant path for locals who travel daily along the roads around our facility.
After the COVID-19 pandemic, we resumed our environmental patrols around the Head Office & Works building, which had continued for over a decade. We inspect for illegal dumping that could damage the cityscape, and our employees clean the area twice a month.

Yodo River (Takatsuki City area) and Akuta River cleanup

The Yodo River, which flows from Lake Biwa, runs through Osaka and empties into Osaka Bay. As part of the Yodo River Basin Integrated Beautification Action, we take part in cleanup activities along the Yodo River (Takatsuki City area) and Akuta River. Held every year before the natural ayu runs upstream, this event helps to conserve the waterfront environment and improve public manners.

Saga Prefecture—The Morikawakaito Project

Torishima is closely associated with Saga Prefecture as the birthplace of the late Ryuhei Harada, the patriarch of the company. In Saga Prefecture, the heavy damage caused by the 2017 torrential rains in northern Kyushu sparked the launch of the Morikawakaito Project to raise awareness of environmental conservation among residents of the prefecture and to reevaluate the relationship between forests, rivers, oceans, and people. In 2022, Torishima signed an Agreement on the Development of Mountain Forests and Environmental Preservation as part of the project. Over the next 10 years until 2032, a 1,015-square-meter plot of land in the 21st Century Prefectural Forest (Fuji Town, Saga City) will be designated as Mount Torishima for forest conservation activities such as planting broadleaf trees and clearing undergrowth. At the agreement signing ceremony, Saga Prefecture Governor Yoshinori Yamaguchi expressed his support for the project, commenting that “it is the very aim of the project to have companies that play a role in flood prevention of rivers and other areas in the prefecture to take part through forests.”

Sendai City—Hirose River 10,000 People Project

With the aim of making it so that many citizens can enjoy the Hirose River, the symbol of Sendai, activities to protect the natural environment are being developed with the concept that “10,000 people represent 1% of the one million population of Sendai. As a member of the organizing committee, Torishima participates in cleanup and other activities.

In addition, as Miyagi Smile Supporters, we also take part in activities such as cleaning Miyagi Prefecture-managed facilities (roads, rivers, beaches, parks, etc.) and greening work, playing a role in community development with the participation of local residents to increase the sense of affection and pride in the community in which we live.