Private days in Kyoto · with Ramon
I’m Ramon, your host in Kyoto. I shape each private day around your interests, the season and what’s happening in the city, then explore it with you.
Plan your Kyoto dayKyoto holds centuries of history, mountains at its edges and one of the world’s great food cultures. It deserves more than queues, tired feet and afternoons in transit.
With so many visitors, crowds naturally funnel toward the places built to handle them. Those places matter, and many are well worth seeing. But a small neighborhood counter, an owner who remembers your order, a conversation that turns into an afternoon — these open up more easily with Japanese, everyday presence and local relationships.
I bring what I learn by living here: where I’ve been eating this month, who I know, and how to pace a day so it feels like Kyoto rather than a schedule.
Your host
I’m Spanish, spent twenty years in US technology, and then moved to Kyoto with my wife and our corgi, Yuki.
Here, life happens at street level. Eating out every day has turned into friendships with neighbors and with people who run places I return to. I hear what’s in season, and I still get surprised every week.
Hosting has always been my thing. For years I’ve organized retreats for family, friends and colleagues, simply because I love bringing people together. Kyoto Unfolding is the same instinct: a few private days, each planned personally around you, the season and the weather. No two are alike.
The things that keep me out every week, and the ones I most enjoy sharing.
An espresso at a standing counter. The quiet of a tea room. One more course, one more conversation.
I’ve visited more than 700 businesses, restaurants and cafés in Kyoto. I live and eat out here every day, visiting at least five different places each week. Some familiar, some new. Your day draws on what I love, who I know, and what is good right now.
USD 500per party, up to 4 guests · per day
Personal planning + all-day messaging supportOn booked days: replies within 1 hour, 09:00–18:00 JST. Outside these hours, by the next 10:00 JST.
Confirmed bookings: 80% refund when canceled at least 24 hours before your trip starts.
USD 1,200per party, up to 4 guests · per day
Personal planning + all-day messaging supportOn booked days: replies within 1 hour, 09:00–18:00 JST. Outside these hours, by the next 10:00 JST.
Confirmed bookings: 80% refund when canceled at least 24 hours before your trip starts.
Start with a $50 planning deposit, credited toward your final price.
Plan your Kyoto dayChoose your preferred dates, complete the inquiry form, and pay a $50 USD planning deposit. Once both are complete, I start work and reply personally within 24 hours. I then send a tailored proposal with proposed dates. Your booking is confirmed after you accept and pay the remaining balance.
A $50 USD deposit starts the planning process. It is credited toward your final price, not added on top. After you accept the proposal, you pay the remaining balance in USD. For a $500 Local Friend day, that means $450 remaining. The deposit itself does not reserve dates.
Before your booking is confirmed, the $50 deposit is refundable until I start planning. If we cannot arrange suitable dates, I refund the full deposit, even if planning has started. For a confirmed booking, you receive an 80% refund if you cancel at least 24 hours before your trip starts.
For a new inquiry, within 24 hours after your form and deposit are complete. After booking, I reply within 12 hours before your visit. On your paid days, within 1 hour for messages received from 09:00 to before 18:00 JST. Outside that window, I reply by the next 10:00 JST, including the same morning for early-morning messages.
When I begin a new arrangement with a restaurant or another third party, I’ll let you know and give you a fresh reply deadline. Follow-ups and waiting do not restart the clock.
Me, directly — from your first message to the end of your day, in English or Spanish.
Where it fits the day, I’m glad to introduce you to people I know, always with their welcome. Introductions are never guaranteed.
I’m happy to recommend both, but I don’t book them.
Tell me what you love and when you could be here. A $50 planning deposit begins our conversation and goes toward your day.