cloth diapers?

Cloth vs Disposable: Does anyone have a thought about this?
I'm planning to check with my sister-in-law and see how she's handling it. It's too awkward to ask my mother-in-law, for sure. However, Mu-chan's son is just about 6 months old at this point. Surely I can ask her for a little advice? Right? I hope she can shed a little light.

At the moment I'm reading everything I can find about the subject and making myself more than a little crazy. I'm barely at the end of the first trimester- we don't exactly need to worry about diapers yet. However, I like to plan things out effectively and preferably with backup plans in place so that when it inevitably goes wrong I can adapt with minimum stress and time to spare. That strategy may not work with babies. I'll simply have to do the best I can.

Currently I'm thinking of using a mix of prefolds and liners with assorted diaper covers. The Sweet Pea, Wolbybug and Tidy Tots covers seem to have good reviews. Anyone have any personal experience? I'm considering getting two of each, a handful of inserts for overnights and outings, and then buying the easily available Japanese prefolds I can get down the street for every day use. I'm planning to use disposables for the first couple months, though, and then ease my way in to cloth diapers. That should give me a little time to get used to the cloth ones, and also avoid any newborn fit issues so I can just buy one-size covers.

A lot of the brands I'm looking at don't seem to be available in Japan. Does anyone know if they ship? Should I just send them to my parents' place and pay mom for shipping them over to me? That might be easier. Time to ask around!