I am on the same “boat” as you. But for us we really wanted to experience getting to Japan from the west coast without having to fly and were going to go to Japan in the fall anyway. I don’t think it can be worse than a long layover at LAX and flying. Though I keep lurking here too because I am too type A to detach from information completely. It’s a big expense so of course we desire everything to go smoothly. Past performance doesn’t always predict future success / failure. We can only hope things go decently but can have confidence we will find a way to enjoy ourselves! ❤️ My backup plan is just to sleep in, lounge, not wash dishes, catch up on reading - I never get those things at home 😀