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Uzbekistan’s tourism opportunities presented in Japan
21 July 2024
Uzbekistan’s tourism opportunities presented in Japan

Popular bloggers and journalists from Japan are familiar with the tourism potential of Uzbekistan.

The Embassy of our country in Tokyo held a presentation for popular bloggers and leading journalists of the Japanese capital, dedicated to the historical cities and monuments of Uzbekistan, Uzbek national cuisine and tourism opportunities.

The event was attended by bloggers and journalists specializing in tourism and having their own pages on social networks such as “X” (“Twitter”), “Instagram”, “Facebook”, “Youtube”. Along with a number of well-known bloggers, Navito Halal (1.2 million subscribers) - one of the bloggers with the largest number of subscribers in Japan on the Instagram platform - took part in the presentation.

Ambassador of Uzbekistan Mukhsinhuzha Abdurakhmanov, welcoming the participants, noted that in recent years our country has implemented large-scale reforms to diversify the tourism market, develop new destinations, fill projects with tourism content, and create conditions for foreign tourists visiting Uzbekistan.

Detailed information is provided on the ongoing work to create tourism infrastructure, increase the number of local air and railway routes, and create hotels and tourist and entertainment centers in each region that meet international standards in order to provide high-quality service for those taking a trip to Uzbekistan.

The famous actor Keisuke Minami, who is currently the host of the Uzbekistan section of the most famous Japanese travel show “Tabi Salad,” addressed the participants with a video greeting.

The actor called on Japanese tourists to discover Uzbekistan, noting that his visit to our country in April this year as part of the filming of the show made a great impression on him.

As part of the presentation, a quiz “Do you know Uzbekistan?” was held, which revealed interesting facts about Uzbekistan to the Japanese audience.

The event participants stated that they would be happy to promote the tourism potential, history and culture of Uzbekistan, and Uzbek national cuisine in their blogs, as well as on pages on social networks.

Promotional campaigns and activities of this kind surely familiarize foreign audiences with the tourist sites of Uzbekistan, historical cities of Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva, thus increasing the interest of more foreigners to travel to Uzbekistan.

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Did you know?

Uzbekistan is one of only two countries in the world to be ‘double landlocked’ (landlocked and totally surrounded by other landlocked countries). Liechtenstein is double landlocked by 2 countries whilst Uzbekistan is surrounded by 5!

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It is Uzbek tradition that the most respected guest be seated farthest from the house’s entrance.

Tashkent’s metro features chandeliers, marble pillars and ceilings, granite, and engraved metal. It has been called one of the most beautiful train stations in the world.

The Uzbek master chef is able to cook in just one caldron enough plov to serve a thousand men.

When you are a host to someone, it is your duty to fill their cups with for the whole time they are with you.  What you must not do, however, is to fill their cup more than half-full.  If you do that as a mistake, say it is a mistake immediately.  Doing it means you want them to leave.  Wow!  Amazing, right?

To Uzbeks, respect means a whole lot.  For this reason they love it if, even as foreigners, you endeavour to add the respectful suffix opa after a woman's name; and aka after a man's.  Example: Linda-opa and David-aka.  You could also use hon and jon respectively.

Having been an historic crossroads for centuries as part of various ancient empires, Uzbekistan’s food is very eclectic. It has its roots in Iranian, Arab, Indian, Russian and Chinese cuisine.

Though identified with the Persia, the Zoroastrism probably originated in Bactria or Sogdiana. Many distinguished scholars share an opinion that Zoroastrianism had originated in the ancient Khorezm. Indeed, today in the world there were found 63 Zoroastrian monuments, including those in Iran, India, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Thirty-eight of them are in Uzbekistan, whereas 17 of these monuments are located in Khorezm.

One of Islam's most sacred relics - the world's oldest Koran that was compiled in Medina by Othman, the third caliph or Muslim leader, is kept in Tashkent. It was completed in the year 651, only 19 years after Muhammad's death. 

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Famous Islamic physician Ibn Sina (Avicenna in the Latin world) who was born near Bukhara was the one of the first people to advocate using women’s hair as suture material – about 1400 years ago.

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  • Singapore
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  • Iceland
  • Finland
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