Editor's Note:
The first group of tourists from Osaka, Japan, since China relaxed travel restrictions earlier this year, arrived in Urumqi of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Monday night. They are scheduled to gain a deep and overall understanding of the region's development and local residents' lives in a nine-day trip, which is expected to dispel the disinformation spread by the US and some Western countries.
The first group of 20 tourists are scheduled to visit five cities in the region - Urumqi, Turpan, Aksu, Korla and Kashi. Aside from scenic spots in these cities, Japanese tourists will also visit an anti-terrorism exhibition in Urumqi, mosques and cotton fields and have interactions with local residents and students. Photos: Liu Xin, Xing Xiaojing/GT; Courtesy to Guo Qiang, Si Xuan
Japanese tourists visit the regional museum on June 20, 2023. Photo: Courtesy to Si Xuan 
Japanese tourists visit the regional museum on June 20, 2023. Photo: Courtesy to Si Xuan 
Japanese tourists visit the anti-terrorism exhibition in Urumqi on June 20, 2023. Photo: Courtesy to Si Xuan 
Japanese tourists talk with Abuduwail, the owner of a farmhouse in Yaer village of Turpan on June 21, 2023. Photo: Liu Xin/GT 
Japanese tourists visit the Gaochang Ruins in Turpan city of Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on June 21, 2023. Photo: Courtesy to Guo Qian 
Abuduwail, the owner of a farmhouse in Yaer village shows watermelons to visitors on June 21, 2023. Photo: Xing Xiaojing/GT 
Japanese tourists learn how a qanat, a system for transporting water from aquifer or water well to the surface through an underground aqueduct that originated around 3,000 years ago in Turpan of Xinjiang region on June 21, 2023. Photo: Liu Xin/GT 
Michi Sawada, the youngest member of the Japanese tour group, takes a photo with a big watermelon on June 21, 2023. Photo: Xing Xiaojing/GT 
Yumi Watabe experiences the welcome ceremony and enjoys a roasted whole lamb on June 21, 2023. Photo: Courtesy to Guo Qian 
Michi Sawada and his father Keishi Sawada playback photos they’ve taken during the trip. Photo: Xing Xiaojing/GT 
Visitors take a group photo in a scenic spot at the Huoyan Mountain on June 21, 2023. Photo: Liu Xin/GT 
yugo Moritaka shows a Global Times reporter photos he has taken in a square in Urumqi on June 21, 2023. Photo: Xing Xiaojing/GT
