García-Page emphasizes the «essential» heritage of Castilla-La Mancha to promote the region to tourism professionals in Japan
Tokyo (Japan), May 8, 2025.- The regional president, Emiliano García-Page, highlighted on Thursday in Tokyo (Japan) the heritage of Castilla-La Mancha as one of the «essential» elements that the region treasures, making it an ideal destination to «explore the last 2,000 years of European life and cultures.»
He made this point in the Japanese capital, where he is leading an institutional delegation from Castilla-La Mancha to promote the region in the Asian market, taking advantage of the prominence, this week, of the Autonomous Community at the 2025 Expo held in the Japanese city of Osaka.
In a meeting with tourism sector entrepreneurs from Japan, attended by various content creators from the Asian country, Emiliano García-Page pointed out that there are aspects «that distinguish us from other countries in the world» since «Spain and my land, Castilla-La Mancha, in a very special way, are the only countries in Europe, along with Portugal, that allow a quick understanding of the cultural contrast of the three major Western religions in the world: Christian, Muslim, and Jewish.»
According to the regional head of government, «the majority of Japanese people do not travel 12,000 kilometers by plane to bathe on beaches, but rather come to consume culture and civilization contrast,» emphasizing «Spain’s great admiration for Japan» because it is «a cultured country, guardian of a millennial culture.»
Accompanied by the Spanish ambassador in Japan, Íñigo de Palacio, and the Tourism advisor of said embassy, Jaime Alejandre, President García-Page explained that «Spain, in a few years, will become the leading tourist power in the world» and that «our country aims to attract more Japanese tourists every day.»
A region with attractions and infrastructure
In this context, the Castilla-La Mancha regional leader recalled that cities like Toledo and Cuenca are World Heritage Sites, highlighting their proximity to the Spanish capital, specifying that «the former is only thirty minutes from Madrid and two hours by high-speed train from Seville, Granada, or Cordoba.»
Furthermore, he pointed out that Toledo is also «the city where the most published work after the Bible begins, which is Don Quixote of La Mancha, El Quijote.» In this regard, he concluded that «Don Quixote was not a samurai from a fictional land, but a samurai from a real land, which I am honored to preside over.»
At the TexturA restaurant, with the collaboration of renowned chefs from the region like Enrique Pérez from ‘El Doncel’ in Sigüenza, Guadalajara province, the Castilla-La Mancha president presided over this event accompanied by the president of the regional Courts, Pablo Bellido, the Economy, Business, and Employment councilor, Patricia Franco, the Social Welfare minister, Bárbara García Torijano, and the Tourism and Handicrafts general director, Ana Isabel Fernández Samper, among others.