Kirigakure no sato ( Literally meaning "Village Hidden in the Mist") plays a small role as the home village of Zabuza Momochi in the Mission to the Land of Waves arc. Its village layout is relatively unknown, only seen briefly in flashbacks by Kimimaro. The only major events that are known to have occurred here is the annihilation of a graduation class of Genin by Zabuza himself, and a village attack by Kimimaro's clan about a decade later.

The village, according to Kakashi, was known for a barbaric graduation ritual. Students wishing to move on into the ranks of the ninja there would be pitted against each other in one-on-one duels to the death, thus earning the village the nickname, "Village of the Bloody Mist". This atmosphere led to the emergence of Zabuza Momochi, and after the incident, in which the entire graduating class was killed (and, at the time, Zabuza had not even reached the age of qualification), the graduation ritual was banned. Zabuza was consequently given the name, "The Demon of the Hidden Mist". The village develops strong and ruthless ninja as Kakashi has stated before and Orochimaru once said that the Hidden Mist Village is a powerful military that would not be defeated so easily.

The Mizukage is the official head ninja of Kirigakure. The elite shinobi squad, the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, hail from Kirigakure as well.