Pink cherry blossoms to bloom in Batumi

A piece of Japanese culture will bloom in Batumi this spring and engulf a piece of the seaside town in pink.

An alley of Sakura, or Japanese cherry blossom, will be planted in the Black Sea town and will bloom pink, Batumi’s Greenery and Landscape Planning Service announced.

Japanese dwarf trees will be planted alongside the Sakura plants.

The area where the Japanese flora will be planted will be named "Love square”, said Eter Macutadze, chief of Batumi’s Greenery and Landscape Planning Service.

"This year we will create such a place which becomes a calling card for Batumi and foreigners come to see it,” Machutadze said.

The exact location of where the foreign plants will be established remained a surprise, she added.

A tender to purchase 50 young Sakura saplings has been announced by Batumi’s Greenery and Landscape Planning Service.