History

1946
 Engaged in beekeeping

1956
Founding (purchasing 3 beehives)

1961

Takeo Sugi, permanent advisor, became independent as a beekeeper with 10 hives.
He bottled the honey he had collected for the first time into retail bottles and began promoting it by bicycle.
Our first business partner was Inada Pan in Kumamoto City.

1965

Started business with Tsuruya Department Store in Kumamoto Prefecture.

1971

Established as a joint-stock company with capital of 1 million yen and 10 employees.
1973
Opened a directly managed store at Kumamoto Center Plaza in Kumamoto Prefecture.
Started business with Seibu Ikebukuro Department Store in Tokyo.

1980

The production department begins the greenhouse installation project, which becomes the basis of a "healthy beekeeping industry."

1984

The educational video "Flowers and Bees" is completed. Specially selected by the Ministry of Education.
Recommended by the National PTA Federation. Winner of the Gold Award at the 30th International Beekeeping Congress.

1986

Aso Honeybee Farm opens in Kumamoto Prefecture.

1993

Kumamoto Prefecture Loofah Honey Museum opens
1994
"Honey House" opens in Otsu Cultural Forest, Kumamoto Prefecture.

1996

"Hexagonal Honeycomb" won the gold prize at the Kumamoto Prefecture Products Promotion Association's "1995 Excellent New Product Review Committee."

1997

"Yuzu Honey" now on sale.
November: Moved to new building at Foodpal Kumamoto.

1998

September: Koichi Mori becomes the second president and CEO.
The "Anniversary Candle" won the silver prize in the Crafts category at the Kumamoto Prefectural Products Promotion Association's 1998 Excellent Product Review.
"Aso Plateau Honey Jersey Ice Cream" won the Silver Award at the Kumamoto Prefectural Products Promotion Association's "1999 Excellent New Product Review Committee."
A sales floor opens at the Fukuya Department Store Hiroshima Station Branch in Hiroshima Prefecture.
A sales outlet opens at the Kumamoto Airport Sanko Shop in Kumamoto Prefecture.

the year of 2000

Direct marketing business launched.

2002

Opened a directly managed store in Suizenji, Kumamoto Prefecture.
The "Loofah Hat" won a bronze award at the Kumamoto Prefecture Products Promotion Association's "2002 Excellent New Product Review Committee."
Opened Oita Yufuin store in Oita Prefecture.

2003

The "Honey Opener" won the gold prize at the Kumamoto Prefecture Products Promotion Association's "2003 Excellent New Product Review Committee."
Opened Ito Onsen store in Shizuoka prefecture (currently closed).
Dazaifu store in Fukuoka prefecture opens.
Glover Garden store in Nagasaki Prefecture opens.

2004

Hakone Yumoto store opened in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Opened Kamakura store in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Opened Kobe Motomachi store in Hyogo Prefecture.
Sanjo store opened in Kyoto Prefecture.

Year 2005

Opened Fujikawaguchiko store in Yamanashi Prefecture.
Todaiji Temple store in Nara Prefecture opens.
Kawagoe store opened in Saitama Prefecture.
The Sugamo Togenuki Jizo store opens in Tokyo.

2006

Nikko Toshogu Shrine store opened in Tochigi Prefecture.
Opened Kotohira store in Kagawa Prefecture.

2007

Hiroshima Miyajima store opened.
Kumamoto Kurokawa Onsen store opened.
Shizuoka Atami store opens.
Noboribetsu store opens in Hokkaido.
Naritasan store opened in Chiba prefecture.

2008

Dogo Onsen store opens in Ehime Prefecture.
Shimonoseki Kamon Wharf store opens in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Gifu Prefecture Hida Takayama store opened.
Kusatsu Onsen store opened in Gunma Prefecture.
Kinosaki Onsen store opened in Hyogo Prefecture.

2009

Opened the Hakodate Kanamori Warehouse in Hokkaido.
Opened Otaru store in Hokkaido.
Kumamoto City Suidocho Center (telemarketing center) opens.

2010

Opened Lake Biwa Nagahama store in Shiga Prefecture.

2011

Second store opens in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture.
Kyoto Ginkakuji store opens in Kyoto Prefecture.
Opened Hida Takayama Kamiichinomachi store in Gifu Prefecture.

year 2012

Denenchofu store in Tokyo opens.
Opened Kyoto Sanneizaka store in Kyoto Prefecture.

2013

Saga Center (Telemarketing Center) opened.
Kagoshima Tenmonkan store opened in Kagoshima Prefecture.

2014

April: Koichi Yoneda becomes the third president and CEO.

Opened Nishiki Market store in Kyoto Prefecture.

Opened the Kumamoto Station Shinkansen Exit store in Kumamoto Prefecture.

The second and third stores open in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture.

2015

Kurume Center (telemarketing center) opened.
Second store opens in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture.

2016

Kichijoji store opens in Tokyo.
Opened Yokohama Motomachi store in Kanagawa Prefecture (currently closed).
Zenkoji store in Nagano Prefecture opens.
Opened the Kamakura Wakamiyaoji store in Kanagawa Prefecture (currently closed).
Opened the Omotesando store in Tokyo.
Opened Azabu-Juban store in Tokyo.
Opened Jiyugaoka store in Tokyo.

2017

Maker's Pier store opens in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.
KITTE Nagoya store opened in Aichi Prefecture.
Established a local subsidiary in Hong Kong.
SOGO Causeway Bay store opens in Hong Kong.
SUGI BEE SUGI BEE GARDEN CAFE opens in Thailand.
The Mitsubachi Farm Huis Ten Bosch store opens in Nagasaki Prefecture.

2018

March: Kinosaki Onsen store relocated to Hyogo Prefecture.
March: Aeon Mall Miyazaki store opens in Miyazaki Prefecture.
March: Higo Yokamon Market store in Kumamoto Prefecture (Kumamoto Station Shinkansen Exit) reopened after renovation.
May. Hyogo Prefecture Kobe Motomachi store relocated.
Established a local subsidiary in Taiwan (Sugibee Garden Co., Ltd.).
May 2nd: Hanshin Department Store opens in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (currently closed).
May. Opened Shin Kong Mitsukoshi A8 store in Taipei, Taiwan (currently closed).
May. Taipei City Super Fuxing Store opens in Taiwan (currently closed).
August: Hakata Myung store opens in Fukuoka Prefecture.
October: Hakone Ajisaibashi store opens in Kanagawa Prefecture.
November: Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse store opens in Kanagawa Prefecture.

2019

January. Sugi Bee Garden Kansai International Airport store opens in Osaka (currently closed).

March: Aeon Mall Asahikawa Ekimae store opens in Hokkaido.

March: New SUBACO factory with a factory tour course completed.

May. Taiwan Global Mall Zhonghe store opens (currently closed).

June: Okinawa PARCO CITY store opens in Okinawa Prefecture.

August: Hong Kong Langham Place store opens.

September: SAKURAMACHI Kumamoto store opens in Kumamoto Prefecture.

September: Aeon Mall Takaoka store opens in Toyama Prefecture.

September: Kitasenju Marui store opens in Tokyo.

September 18th. New Zealand local subsidiary (SUGI BEE GARDEN (NEW ZEALAND) LIMITED) is established.

November: Aeon Mall Okinawa Rycom store opens in Okinawa Prefecture.

November: Takashimaya Singapore store opens in Singapore.

December: Opened the Xinyi A13 store at Dongyuan Department Store in Taipei, Taiwan (currently closed).

2020

February: Aeon Mall Hanyu store opens in Saitama Prefecture.

April: IIAS Tsukuba store opens in Ibaraki Prefecture.

April: SUGI BEE GARDEN Fukuoka Airport Domestic Terminal store opens in Fukuoka Prefecture.

July: Tachikawa Lumine store opens in Tokyo.

December: Established a local Hong Kong subsidiary (SUGI BEE GARDEN (INTERNATIONAL) CO., LIMITED).

2021

March: Sakuranobaba Josaien store opens in Kumamoto Prefecture.

June: The Manufacturing Technology Headquarters obtains the food safety management standard "ISO22000".

August: Tokyo office opens in Tokyo.

August: Pop Corn store opens in Hong Kong.

September: Kumamoto Prefecture SUGI BEE GARDEN Yume Town Hamasen store opens (currently closed).

2022

May. Hong Kong ISLAND RESORT MALL store opens.

July: Takashimaya store in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam opens (currently closed).

August: Aeon Lake Town Mori store opens in Saitama Prefecture.

September: Arashiyama store in Kyoto opens.

January: Opening of Haneda Airport Garden store in Tokyo.

2023

March: Aso Kumamoto Airport store opens in Kumamoto Prefecture.

June: Obtained FSSC22000, an international food safety management standard.

June. Kumamoto Station Center Building (Telemarketing Center) relocated to Kumamoto Prefecture (formerly Suidocho Center).

July: Aeon Mall Makuhari New City store opens in Chiba Prefecture.

October: Mozo Wonder City store opens in Aichi Prefecture.

2024

July: KITTE Osaka store opens in Osaka Prefecture.

November: Aeon Mall Okazaki store opens in Aichi Prefecture.

2025

April: Kimiko Sugi becomes the fourth president and CEO.

October. Aeon Mall Suzaka in Nagano Prefecture opens.

In the same month, Aeon Mall Sendai Uesugi opened in Miyagi Prefecture.

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