S/ Watanabe Masayo, NNN Correspondent / This counter handles a flight to Japan. Tourists with large luggage are lined up.

Many Chinese nationals are traveling domestically and internationally for the National Day weeklong holidays that began on October 1.

People flocked to Shanghai Pudong International Airport for their journeys.

A major travel agency said Japan is the most popular overseas destination this year.

The Chinese Embassy in Tokyo is urging nationals to be careful when they travel to Japan.

The move comes amid worries of rising anti-China sentiment in the country after a Japanese boy was stabbed to death in September in Shenzhen, southern China.

S/ Traveler heading to Japan / (I want to go to) Disney.

S/ Traveler heading to Japan / We won't go to crowded places and will avoid going out at night.

S/ Traveler heading to Japan / Japanese people are friendly, so it should be fine.

About 1.94 billion people in cumulative total are expected to travel during this year’s National Day holidays, up about 20 percent from pre-coronavirus 2019.