Originally Posted by
mileagerunner
...Thanks for the Kyoto lodging suggestions. I'm still looking, but unfortunately, I've also concluded that I can't stay at a ryokan (or for that matter to a kaiseki dinner at Kikunoi) with the kids. Better to save that for a weekend trip without the kids one of these days. The kids are not going to be a problem on trains and planes, but they would be out of place somewhere with paper thin walls.
Since ryokan meals are served in your room, it may be a good way for them to taste Japanese meal in private.
My kids were older when they went to Japan but one of them had huge lungs as an infant. Fortunately she grew up to be a well behaved young lady.