6 years as a buyer in Osaka: Saha Group chairman’s story (8)

Boonsithi Chokwatana is the Chairman of Saha Group, Thailand’s leading consumer products conglomerate. This is part 8 of a 30-part series.

My job as a buyer at Kyoko opened my eyes to the thrill and excitement of business. I started working for my father’s business because he told me to do so. But my six-year stint in Osaka helped me find my purpose in life. Everything about life in Osaka came as a new experience to me. Let me tell you a little about these memorable days.

My first home in Japan was in Hyotanyama, a town in the city of Higashiosaka and close to the border with Nara Prefecture. Kyoko rented a detached house for me and a senior Thai employee who had joined the company earlier.

Since it was in an inconvenient area where even city gas was not available, I moved to a southern part of Osaka that is now Tezukayama, in Osaka’s Sumiyoshi Ward in my second year at Kyoko. The…