Press Release TOUR de Kumano and Urashima Kanko Hotel Co., Ltd. collaborate

[Press Release] TOUR de Kumano and Urashima Kanko Hotel Co., Ltd. collaborate by ​ Urashima Kanko Hotel Co., Ltd. Press release: April 23, 2025 “TOUR de Kumano” and Urashima Kanko Hotel Co., Ltd. collaborate Hotel Urashima will support the tournament as the headquarters hotel during the “Tour de Kumano” period. This year, the NPO SPORTS PRODUCE, the organizer of the bicycle road race tournament “Tour de Kumano”, will be held from May 8th (Thursday) to May 11th (Sunday), 2025. Kumano (hereinafter Sports Produce Kumano) and Urashima Kanko Hotel Co., Ltd. (head office: Nachikatsuura-cho, Wakayama Prefecture, CEO: Tetsuya Matsushita), which operates Hotel Urashima (Nachi-Katsuura-cho, Wakayama Prefecture), have partnered, and it has been decided that Hotel Urashima will support the tournament as the headquarters hotel during the same period. Background of the partnership The Tour de Kumano is an international bicycle road race held mainly in the Kumano area of ​​the Kii Peninsula, and is a major sporting event that attracts top-level athletes from Japan and abroad. The tournament conveys the charm of the region both domestically and internationally, and greatly contributes to tourism promotion and regional revitalization. Going forward, Sports Produce Kumano and Urashima Kanko Hotel Co., Ltd. will work together to further promote sports culture and the development of the tourism industry while contributing to the success of the Tour de Kumano. Through this partnership, Hotel Urashima will serve as the tournament’s headquarters during the Tour de Kumano, and will support the Tour de Kumano by providing accommodations for athletes and other officials, providing nutritious meals for athletes, providing bicycle maintenance space, and other support for the tournament and
participating teams. Representative comment Comment from Katsutoshi Kadoguchi, Chairman of the Tour de Kumano Executive Committee (NPO SPORTS PRODUCE Kumano Chairman): The Tour de Kumano has continued to develop as an international bicycle race that communicates Kumano’s nature and culture to the world. We are very encouraged and happy to be able to collaborate with Urashima Kanko Hotel Co., Ltd., a long-established resort hotel that represents the region. I think the athletes in particular will be very happy to be able to stretch their legs at Katsuura’s hot springs and soothe their fatigue by looking out at the Pacific Ocean from the spectacular view of the cave hot spring, “Bokido”, after a hard day’s racing. We are confident that the tournament will provide an opportunity for many domestic and international athletes and related parties to experience Kumano’s beautiful nature and historical climate, and will further increase the value of the tournament in terms of utilizing local resources in Kumano, a World Heritage site. We hope that this collaboration will be a major step forward as a new model for regional development through sports.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/146378/5/146378-5-176edfa13eb7d30c0983fe9803b78b17-2020×668.jpg Photo provided by: Sports Produce Kumano Comment from Tetsuya Matsushita, CEO of Urashima Kanko Hotel Co., Ltd.: We are very honored to be able to work with the Tour de Kumano to contribute to the promotion of tourism and sports in cooperation with the local community. We believe that the international competition held in this area, which is home to the World Heritage Site “Kumano Kodo,” is a great opportunity to communicate the charms of Kumano’s nature and culture to the world, and is also of great significance in terms of tourism promotion. At our company, we provide support in all aspects so that athletes from Japan and overseas can perform at their best, including providing lodging environments including hot springs, nutritionally balanced meals for athletes, and creating a support environment that supports team activities. We will work together with everyone running the event to make the Tour de Kumano even more exciting.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/146378/5/146378-5-499ac77df3ef6dbb24657f17f80768c7-2035×513.jpg 【Company Profile】 Company name: Urashima Kanko Hotel Co., Ltd. Address: 1165-2 Katsuura, Nachikatsuura-cho, Higashimuro-gun, Wakayama Prefecture Representative Director and President: Tetsuya Matsushita Business details: Large resort hotels in Wakayama Prefecture “Hotel Urashima”, “Manseiro”, “Sansuikan Kawayu Midoriya” Management of 4 hotels called Kawayu Matsuya. URL:
https://urashimaresortsandspa.jp/wakayama-hotelurashima/