The British comedian who became an honorary Kansai Japanese

Meet Lawson, a British creator who first came to Japan living in Kobe and Nishinomiya, where he quickly picked up the Kansai dialect. Now living in Tokyo, he's become known for his fluent dialect as a foreigner.A big thank you to our colleagues from ZenMarket for sponsoring this episode. Interesting in buying anything from Japan? Find out more here:https://go.zenmarket.jp/unpackingjapan--0:00 Intro1:07 Meet Lawson4:36 Learning Japanese7:41 Studying Japanese in university10:19 Coming to Japan16:11 Becoming a salaryman25:18 Origin of name Honmani Lawson29:51 Move to comedy videos36:39 How Japanese comedy works 41:42 Reacting to videos as a foreigner43:22 Learning Japanese comedy48:08 Does this interfere with your job?52:14 How comedy changed his life in Japan54:30 Looking back58:31 Impact of his platform--Follow Lawson: @honmanilawson https://www.instagram.com/honmanilawson/https://www.tiktok.com/@honmanilawsonhttps://honmanilawson.com/Follow us:https://unpacking.jp/https://www.instagram.com/unpacking_japanhttps://www.tiktok.com/@unpackingjapanhttps://www.facebook.com/unpackingjapanhttps://www.youtube.com/@unpackingjapanshortshttps://www.x.com/unpacking_japanhttps://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/unpackingjapanSubscribe for more in-depth discussions about life in Japan! Interested in working at a global e-commerce company in Osaka? Our parent company ZenGroup is hiring! To learn more, check out https://careers.zen.group/en/