Pulling the plug on Japan

This week we made the painful decision to cancel our trip to Japan next month. I've spent months working out a really nice trip, but the nuclear thing, even though I know it is being overly dramatized by the western media, is stressing us out. I feel bad about bailing out, but we realized that we were so worried about things in Japan, we weren't even looking forward to the trip.

Since we are planning on doing this trip some day, I thought I'd record the original plan I had put together.

3 nights in Tokyo
7 nights townhouse rental in old area of Kyoto : day trips to Nara, pottery town of Bizen.
2 nights stay in buddhist Temple in Mt Koyasan area
4 nights Takayama
1 night ryokan in Takayama
2 nights Tokyo