The Story Of Our Founder, Part 1
OPAS’ founder and President, Toshiyasu Abe shares his story with us in this personal blogpost about his background and the story of how OPAS came about: I was born in Ehime Prefecture on Shikoku Island …
Founder’s Story
OPAS’ founder and President, Toshiyasu Abe shares his story with us in this personal blogpost about his background.
The Story Of Our Founder, Part 2
We continue with our entertaining series of blog posts written by our president and founder Toshiyasu Abe. Today, I’d like to share a story from my youth, when I was traveling the world. I was only …
The Story Of Our Founder, Part 3
The following happened during the time I sold handmade jewelry as a street vendor in Geneva, Switzerland. I think I was around 21 or 22 at the time. One evening I went out around closing …
The Story of Our Founder – Part 4
Soon after my arrival in Edinburgh I spend a few days at a youth hostel in Paris. There I met another Japanese traveler who told me about his experience working at farms in Switzerland in …
The Story of Our Founder – Part 5
So, I started working in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, and found a great deal of interesting experiences there just by walking the streets of the town. One time, a sign that said “Judo lessons” caught my eye …
