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- Ambassador Fumio Iwai expressed his happiness with the activities and programs he witnessed at the festival
AL-AHSA, Saudi Arabia: Japanese Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Fumio Iwai visited the Al-Ahsa date festival, which was organized by the Al-Ahsa municipality at Al-Ahsa Heritage Castle in Al-Hofuf.
The Japanese envoy expressed his happiness with the activities and programs he witnessed at the festival, pointing to his previous visits to a number of date festivals around the Kingdom.
Al-Ahsa is the largest date palm oasis in the world, with about 3 million trees spread across 30,000 acres.
The festival, which lasts until Feb. 18, includes various events and activities, in addition to an exhibition of 40 handicrafts popular in Al-Ahsa.