Sakura Day & the Cherry Blossom Front · Worksheet 1
Read the story. 英文を読もう。
1Every spring, TV news in Japan shows a map with a moving line. It is called the sakura front. The line shows where cherry blossoms will open next. It starts in Okinawa in January. Then it moves north, and it reaches the north of Hokkaido in May. The trip takes about four months.
2How do people know when the flowers open? Each weather station watches one special cherry tree. It is called a sample tree. When five or six flowers open on it, the station says the cherry blossoms have opened. Until 2009, the weather agency also guessed the dates. Now private weather companies do that job.
3Cherry trees need a cold winter. The cold wakes up the sleeping buds. Then warm days make them grow. So a very warm winter can make the flowers late. In 2026, the cherry trees in Tokyo opened on March 19. But in Kagoshima, far to the south, they opened on March 27. So the south does not always come first.
4March 27 is also Sakura Day in Japan. A group that loves cherry trees chose it in 1992. Why this day? Three times nine is twenty-seven. In Japanese, three can be sa and nine can be ku, and saku means to bloom. Next spring, watch the pink line on TV and guess when it will reach your town.
Sakura Day & the Cherry Blossom Front · Worksheet 2
Choose the best answer. 正しいものを選ぼう。
What is the main idea of this story?
How long does the sakura front take to travel across Japan?
Why can a very warm winter make the flowers late?
In paragraph 3, "buds" are:
In the dialogue, what does Hana want to do?
Sakura Day & the Cherry Blossom Front · Worksheet 3
Words & phrases. 単語のれんしゅう。
Waiting for Sakura
Every (1) , Mei walks past a big cherry (2) . In March, the (3) get bigger and bigger. One warm day, she sees five pink (4) . "They are open!" she shouts. A week later, the tree is in full (5) . Mei and her family have a (6) under it.
Sakura Day & the Cherry Blossom Front · Worksheet 4
Read the clues and fill in the puzzle. ヒントを読んで、クロスワードを完成させよう。
Sakura Day & the Cherry Blossom Front · Worksheet 5
Find the hidden words. かくれた単語を探そう（→ ↓ ↘ ↗）。
Sakura Day & the Cherry Blossom Front · Worksheet 6
Collect the letters on the right path. What is the secret word? 正しい道の文字を集めると、ひみつの言葉になるよ。
Secret word:
Sakura Day & the Cherry Blossom Front · Worksheet 7
The cherry trees in my town bloom in ______. I like to ______ under them.
If I could make a new memorial day for a flower, it would be ______ because ______.
Sakura Day & the Cherry Blossom Front · Worksheet 8
Trace the words. Then color the picture! なぞって書こう。絵に色を塗ろう。
Draw your Sakura Day & the Cherry Blossom Front! さくらの日（3月27日）と桜前線の絵を描こう。