Seasons in Different Countries

Japan is in the Northern Hemisphere. Spring is from March to May in Japan. In the spring, people wait to see the flowers on the cherry blossom trees. Then they have parties under the trees. This is the Hanami Festival.

The longest day in the Northern Hemisphere is on 21 or 22 June each year. This is the middle of summer. There is a flower festival for four days each June in California, USA.

There is a parade and people go to flower fields to look at the flowers. There is a Chinese festival in the autumn. It is the Mid-Autumn Festival. People wait to see a big round moon in the night sky. They eat mooncakes and they light lanterns.

Christmas is on 25 December. It is winter in the Northern Hemisphere. It is usually very cold. Sometimes it snows. But Christmas in Australia is in the summer. It is usually hot and sunny. Some people go to the beach on Christmas day!