You're right, and I didn't phrase that well -- what I meant more is that you don't really see kids mix with the "adult world" in the same way you do in, say, Australia, which is ridiculously kid-friendly to the extent that virtually every cafe/restaurant/pub not listed in the Michelin guide has a stack of highchairs, a box of toys, coloring puzzles and crayons.

I also wanted to add a second paragraph in Understand saying that, nevertheless, Japan is a great place to travel with kids... but ran out of steam before I could think of some way to express that didn't seem terribly trite. Any ideas?