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After the failed extraction of information from Saito, Cobb claims that he's "getting off at Kyoto" and we later see him in a hotel room. He spins his totem--the top--to make sure he isn't dreaming, and then receives a call from his children.

How do they know where he's staying? As his father-in-law (Michael Caine) later says,

It'll take more than the occasional stuffed animal to convince these children they still have a father.

So we know he isn't in contact with them a lot. Additionally, he wouldn't want to risk making a call to the United States where he is still wanted for murdering his wife.

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    This guy can pull strings to make sure he has cotch (and safe!) digs to stay in - he checks out via a rooftop helicopter for starters! (which was supposed to be a private charter - remember he had no idea Saito was waiting for him up there)
    – Stephen Francis
    Apr 15, 2017 at 6:14

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It's never explained in the movie.

However, the movie shows Saito as being a very powerful and wealthy man as discussed here, so it would be easy for Saito to arrange for someone else to contact the father-in-law and give him Cobb's hotel number.

Unless the whole movie is a dream... But we'll never know that.

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