The I, CULTURE Crafts project, initiated by Monika Jakubiak took on a distinct and local character.On the last day four Japanese joined in the open session to show their traditional skills: Mitsumi Irahara, a basket weaver who uses a special laquer-producing plant, Sawako Serada, who runs a shop and manufacture of natural woolen goods, a Kikutake Family volunteer with smalldesign objects, and Satoko Imai, who ran a mending shack. Reina Sugihara provided all participants with a traditional Japanese meal, cooked up during the session in accordance with the slow life approach to food