Croatian Dragon Society in Zagreb, with Yoko Nishii on the right, Nina Knez next to her with her brother David.

Awaiting the start of the film shot by Nina's and David's father Mr. Nikola Knez (Texas, USA),

dealing with Franciscan Dragutin Sokol, Croatian priest, composer, and martyr.

Yoko Nishii, and Nikola Knez of the Croatian Film Institute, Texas, USA

Yoko Nishii is a great connoisseur of Croatia. She is fluent in Croatian language, and had more than sixty soloist concerts throughout Croatia and in parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). In 2025, she had five soloist concerts: in Mostar (BiH), Vinkovci, Županja, Labin, and Sisak. Among other things, she was a guest of the Croatian Dragon Society in Zagreb. In Mostar, her concert was organized by dr. fra Andrija Nikić, the president of the Napredak (Advancement) Society and of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts of BiH, within the international conference dedicated to marking 1100 years since the appearence of the earliest known Croatian Kingdom established in the year 925, i.e., near the beginning of the tenth century.

Yoko Nishii in Zagreb at Staroslavenski Institut, the leading scientific center in the world

for the study of the Glagolitic Culture, including the amazing Croatian Glagolitic Culture

Yoko Nishii in a popular pub "Pod starim krovovima" (Under the Old Roofs),

in the Upper Town of Croatia's capital Zagreb

Anita Martinac, Yoko Nishii and Mirna Lipovac. View to the city of Mostar.

Many thanks to Mrs. Anita Martinac for taking us to this beautiful place.

The Graveyard of Peace, in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), between Mostar and Široki Brijeg.

Mirna Lipovac, Yoko Nishii, and Darko Žubrinić, before the grave of dr. fra Leo Petrović,

assassinated in 1945 (place unknown). Photo by Anita Martinac.

Bosnian Queen Katarina Kotromanić surrounded by Yoko Nishii, Mirna Lipovac, and Darko Žubrinić

Yoko Nishii announcing her concert in the Stjepan Kosača Croatian Cultural Center in Mostar

Yoko Nishii sending a greeting to all the readers of the CROWN on the occasion

of the Statehood Day (30th May) of the Republic of Croatia.

Yoko Nishii's concert in Mostar on 25th May 2025, in the Herceg Stjepan Kosača Croatian Cultural Center,

organized on the occasion of 1100th anniversary of Croatian Kingdom (925-2025)

Dr fra Andrija Nikić handed over to Yoko Nishii an interesting gift - a book of poetry by

Croatian poet Antun Branko Šimić (1898-1925), translated into as many as 18 languages, including Japanese!

A moment later, Yoko was asked by fra Andrija to read aloud some of the verses printed in Japanese, which she did.

Translated from Croatian into Japanese by Ikoku Yamamoto:

Antun Branko Šimić: Metamorphosis of Voices, Matrix croatica (Matica hrvatska) Grude, 2025.

Translated into 18 languages!

Proud Yoko Nishii with the poetry book by Antun Branko Šimić in her hands

Dr fra Andrija Nikić, president of the Napredak Society and

of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Mostar

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