HONEY HARMONY GARDEN (Marucho)

HONEY HARMONY GARDEN is the outlet that Marucho Corporation, based in Neyagawa, Osaka, will run in the Farm & Food Village at GREEN×EXPO 2027. It is one of the Expo Association’s four themed commercial outlets, and its theme is the connection between “small lives”: honeybees (pollination), flowers (plants) and microbes (fermentation). The special site’s slogan reads, in translation, “Small lives and their power can change the world.”

Highlights and exhibits

The Expo Association describes the outlet as a place to feel the connections between small lives and to start thinking about the future of nature and food. The special site calls it a garden where visitors experience the natural cycle created by flowers, honeybees, microbes and fermentation while learning about the future of food and farming. It lists three pillars: living with nature, learning through hands-on experiences (food, farming and fermentation), and circulation and harmony between people and nature.

The rendering the Association published in March 2026 shows a sign reading “the future of flowers and food, connected by honeybees,” a row of stalls named after flowers (Nemophila, Poppy, Sunflower, Sakura and Pansy), and a menu board listing honey drinks, honey sweets, ice cream and goods. It is only an artist’s impression: the actual line-up, menus and prices had not been announced as of October 2026.

A “pre-exhibition” before the Expo

At the Yokohama Flower & Garden Festival 2026 (May 2–4, 2026, Pacifico Yokohama), Marucho ran a HONEY HARMONY GARDEN booth that it described as a preview of its GREEN×EXPO 2027 outlet. According to the special site, it sold rare honey from Japanese honeybees, icing cookies shaped like flowers and bees, and honey products and goods, and explained the role of honeybees and how pollination works.

Events and garden supporters

The Association’s first list of Expo-period events (September 15, 2026) includes Marucho’s “HONEY HARMONY FESTIVAL 2027: The future played by flowers, honeybees and food” on May 7–9, 2027 at the Large Event Plaza (provisional name). The special site is also recruiting volunteer supporters to look after the garden during the Expo, with four-hour shifts (9:00–13:00, 13:00–17:00 and 17:00–21:00), a day pass and a uniform provided (travel costs are not covered).

About the exhibitor

Founded in 1979, Marucho runs food services at shopping centers, leisure facilities and schools, operates stalls at about 20 Oktoberfest and Christmas market events across Japan, and makes its own fresh pasta and sauces. At Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, it operated outlets including the PAULANER IMBISS German beer stand (company news).

Timeline

• March 19, 2025: The Expo Association names four provisionally selected themed commercial outlets, including Marucho (Association press release)
• March 19, 2026: The Association first publishes the name “HONEY HARMONY GARDEN,” its outline and a rendering
• April 25, 2026: Marucho announces its booth at the Yokohama Flower & Garden Festival 2026 as a preview of the Expo outlet (company news)
• May 2–4, 2026: The booth sells Japanese honeybee honey and goods and explains pollination (special site report, May 5)
• September 15, 2026: “HONEY HARMONY FESTIVAL 2027” (May 7–9, 2027) appears in the Association’s first event list
• As of October 2026: The special site recruits garden supporters and lists planned booths at Shin-Yokohama Performance 2026 (October 17–18) and “Stehaji” EXPO 2026 (November 5, Pia Arena MM)

On social media

The special site links to Instagram accounts for HONEY HARMONY GARDEN and for Marucho. Public posts about the outlet were still few as of October 2026.

Before you go

• Location: Farm & Food Village. On the Association’s venue map (June 1, 2026 edition) it is in the northern part of the site near the Kanagawa Prefecture exhibit, next to the JA Group.
• Reservations: The Association has not yet announced which exhibits will use same-day viewing reservations (as of October 2026).
• Admission: The Association’s guidelines for themed commercial outlets prohibit charging admission for the outlet area. Food and goods are paid for separately.
• Event: HONEY HARMONY FESTIVAL 2027 is planned for May 7–9, 2027 at the Large Event Plaza (subject to change).
• Not yet announced: Menus and prices, activities for children and accessibility details.

Sources

• HONEY HARMONY GARDEN special site (Japanese) (checked 2026-10-04)
• HONEY HARMONY GARDEN: Report on the Flower Garden Festival booth, May 5, 2026 (Japanese) (checked 2026-10-04)
• Marucho Corporation website (Japanese) (checked 2026-10-04)
• Marucho: Notice of the Flower Garden Festival booth, April 25, 2026 (Japanese) (checked 2026-10-04)
• Marucho: Paulaner Festbier at Expo 2025, July 26, 2025 (Japanese) (checked 2026-10-04)
• Yokohama Flower & Garden Festival 2026 event overview (Japanese) (checked 2026-10-04)
• Expo Association: Village and themed commercial outlets, with venue map (Japanese) (checked 2026-10-04)
• Expo Association press release, March 19, 2025 (corrected March 21, Japanese) (checked 2026-10-04)
• Expo Association press release, March 19, 2026 (Japanese) (checked 2026-10-04)
• Expo Association press release: first list of Expo-period events, September 15, 2026 (Japanese) (checked 2026-10-04)
• Expo Association: Recruitment guidelines for themed commercial outlets, updated December 26, 2024 (Japanese) (checked 2026-10-04)
• Expo Association press release on visit-date and viewing reservations, August 27, 2026 (Japanese) (checked 2026-10-04)

*Exhibit details and highlights will be updated as official announcements are made.