[Nyororin]

If you`ve driven around in Japan before, you really should be okay. I don`t think Japanese traffic is a quarter as bad as people seem to think it is. And to top that, Kyoto isn`t really a huge city. I drive around in Nagoya pretty much every day - have driven through Kyoto quite a few times, and drive around Osaka fairly regularly... And it`s not that bad at all. Maybe Tokyo is horrific and it is coloring the perception of the entire country - I`ve never driven there.

Chances are Kyoto traffic is going to be much lighter than that in Hong Kong. It really isn`t that big of a city.

With kids, a car beats the train in almost every way for travel convenience. Riding the train alone is fine and all, but dragging children around through the train system is the opposite of what I`d consider "convenient". Even more so if the place you`re heading isn`t right in front of the station. Walking a km or more with a baby in your arms and a small child in tow probably isn`t going to be fun.

But this is just my opinion as a mother with a car.