I made this video in honor of Japan after its recent string of disasters. If you enjoyed it, please donate to the relief effort:

American Red Cross:
american.redcross.org/site/Donation2?idb=0&5052.donation=form1&df_id=5052

US-Japan Council Relief Fund:
usjapancouncil.org/fund

All photographs were taken with my Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT between September 8th and October 21st 2008. Tilt-shift pictures were taken using my Lensbaby 2.0.

A photoset of some of the pictures can be found here:
flickr.com/photos/mattherold/sets/72157612582058156/

The song is "Lovers in Japan (Osaka Sun Mix)" by Coldplay and is available here:
amazon.com/gp/product/B001LMMHCK/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=blacofandgret-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001LMMHCK

Arigatou gozaimasu!