is a crafts village in Komatsu, a city located in the southern portion of

Ishikawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island. Ishikawa Prefecture has a population of 1,140,573 (31 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,186 km2 (1,616 sq mi). Ishikawa Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to ...

in Japan. It is located near Awazu Onsen amid over one hundred acres of natural forest, and contains a cluster of traditional Japanese houses, each containing a working display of traditional handicrafts native to the

Hokuriku region The was located in the northwestern part of Honshu, the main island of Japan. It lay along the Sea of Japan within the Chūbu region, which it is currently a part of. It is almost equivalent to Koshi Province and Hokurikudō area in pre-modern ...

of Japan. These traditional handicrafts include: Wajima lacquerware, Kutani ceramics,

gold leaf Gold leaf is gold that has been hammered into thin sheets (usually around 0.1 µm thick) by goldbeating and is often used for gilding. Gold leaf is available in a wide variety of karats and shades. The most commonly used gold is 22-kara ...

, ''Kaga yūzen'' (printed silk), '' washi'' paper, glass blowing and Yamanaka woodwork as well as traditional Japanese confectionaries and the

Japanese tea ceremony The Japanese tea ceremony (known as or ) is a Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of , powdered green tea, the procedure of which is called . While in the West it is known as "tea ceremony", it is se ...

. At Yunokuni no Mori one can participate in learning crafts, or purchase various Kaga area goods.

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* Tourist attractions in Ishikawa Prefecture Komatsu, Ishikawa {{Ishikawa-geo-stub