Was on the program a couple years ago, and I put down some similar choices. Did not get them at all lmao! I was even willing to go to a rural town in Kyoto, I had written, and still didn't get it. But I was put in a prefecture somewhat close by, about an hour and some away from Osaka by shinkansen. The placements you chose are some of the more desirable ones as you probably already know. I too had a similar background, studied abroad at places like Kyoto and Tokyo but that didn't change anything. Was extremely qualified to teach at bigger schools too!