European Eyes on Japan (exhibition)

Founded in 1999, the project’s agenda is to invite photographers, working in Europe, to Japan to record images of various Japanese prefectures, which are to be preserved for posterity. The photographs focus on the Japanese people and how they live their everyday lives. The collection should serve as an opportunity for the people of Japan to reacquaint themselves with the aspects of their daily lives that have become overlooked and for Europeans to deepen their understanding of Japan and become more familiar with the presence of this distant Far Eastern country.
The photographs, shot on various locations all around Japan, were collected throughout the year in the "European Eyes on Japan" publications and in exhibitions featured in cities throughout Japan and Europe. Works that have completed the exhibition circuit are later donated to the prefectures of origin as part of the cultural heritage for later generations.
Slovenian photographer Bojan Radovič from Novo Mesto and Portuguese photographer José Pedro Cortes visited Japan in March 2012. Their view of Japan is presented through their photographs at Vetrinj Mansion in Maribor.