Roavi · Kobe
Become a Local Friend in Kobe
Create your Local Friend profile, share the places and experiences you enjoy, and connect with travelers visiting your city.
Free to create. You choose when and who you meet.
Roavi · Kobe
Become a Local Friend in Kobe
Create your Local Friend profile, share the places and experiences you enjoy, and connect with travelers visiting your city.
Free to create. You choose when and who you meet.
No commission · keep 100%
You set your rate
Free to publish
Locals are already sharing these cities with travelers. Yours can be next.
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Not a tour
This is not about memorizing a tour.
It is about sharing the version of your city that only you know.
Morning
Coffee, markets, your neighborhood.
The stop you make without thinking, the market that isn’t in any guide.
Afternoon
Food, culture, the hidden places.
The alley with no sign. The place you’d only find if someone showed you.
Evening
Music, nightlife, conversation.
By night, you’re not a guide — you’re just a friend showing someone around.
Your rate × your schedule
What locals actually charge.
You set your own rate. Payment happens directly between you and the traveler — Roavi never touches it. Here's what real Local Friends are asking on the platform today.
Your hourly rate
Hours a week
A month, roughly
$1,386
yours to keep · 0% commission
An example, not a promise. You're paid directly by the traveller; Roavi never touches the money.
You already know more than you think.
You know where to eat, where to walk, what to avoid, when to arrive, and where the city feels most alive. That local knowledge is what travelers are looking for.
Share what you love, on your own terms.
Roavi helps people discover and message one another. It does not create a booking or force either person to meet.
- Choose your availability
- Set your own rate
- Decide who you respond to
- Choose where to meet
- Say no to anyone, anytime
- Pause or edit your profile anytime
A few minutes
Four steps. A few minutes.
Set up your profile today. Start hearing from travelers.
- 1
Create your profile
Add your name, photo, city, and a short introduction.
- 2
Add your local interests and availability
Choose the food, culture, nightlife, or experiences you enjoy — and when you’re free.
- 3
Publish your profile in the Roavi directory
Your profile becomes visible to travelers — free, right away.
- 4
Receive and respond to traveler messages
Interested travelers message you directly. You decide who to respond to.
Build more trust with optional identity verification
Verification is completed through Stripe Identity. Once approved, a verified status appears on your profile — addable anytime from your dashboard.
Your profile, directory visibility, and messaging remain free without verification.
Verified identity status
A trust signal on your profile that helps travelers feel confident reaching out.
Profile performance insights
See how your profile views trend over time from your dashboard.
What someone who lives in Kobe can open up
Most visitors to Kobe come for half a day from Osaka or Kyoto, eat Kobe beef and leave. They pick a restaurant knowing almost nothing about which is good or worth the price. Few get as far as the Kitano foreign houses, the Motomachi shopping streets, the Nada sake breweries or the night view from Mount Rokko.
What you can show
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Choosing where to eat Kobe beef: not only the expensive places, but the teppanyaki and yōshoku spots locals use.
- 2
Nankinmachi, the Motomachi arcades and the back streets of Sannomiya.
- 3
The Nada sake breweries: which ones offer tastings and how to get round them.
- 4
The night view from Mount Rokko or Maya, and how to get to Arima Onsen and make the time work.
One practical thing before you start: on a student or dependent visa, earning income needs permission for activity outside your status of residence, capped at 28 hours a week. Most work visas and the Working Holiday visa are fine. Check your own status.
Travelers are looking for locals in Kobe
Be one of the first Local Friends they meet. Build your profile today and get discovered by travelers heading to Kobe.
Worth reading first
Good to know before you begin
A few honest answers, so there are no surprises.
No. Since the Interpreter Guide Act amendment of 4 January 2018, you can be paid to show foreign visitors around without the national qualification. You can't use the 'National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter' title without it, and driving people for a fee is a separate, licensed activity.
Yes. Most visitors to Kobe have little time and can't decide where to eat or what to see. Making half a day work well is something only a local can do.
Yes. Creating and publishing your Local Friend profile is completely free — there’s no cost to appear in the directory or receive messages.
No — and that is the point. A Local Friend is not a tour guide: you spend time with someone as yourself, you do not run a tour. Professional guiding is a licensed profession in a number of countries; spending an afternoon with someone is not. And if you do hold a guiding licence, put it on your profile — travellers look for it.
Yes. You set your own hourly rate, and you can change it anytime from your profile.
No. Roavi doesn’t process payments or take a commission on what you arrange with a traveler.
No. You decide who you respond to, and you can say no to anyone, for any reason.
No. Verification is optional. It’s completed through Stripe Identity and adds a verified status to your profile, but your profile, visibility, and messaging stay free either way.
Travelers message you directly through Roavi once they find your profile in the directory. You choose whether and how to reply.
Yes. You can pause your visibility or delete your profile at any time from your account settings.
Your city is already part of your story. Share it.
Travelers are already looking for someone like you.
No commission. No required schedule. You stay in control.