(Kuchisake Onna, literally "Slit-Mouthed Woman"), came about in the 70s according to Japanese literature professor Iikura ...
The Nakanosawa Onsen hot spring town, which has many ski resorts in the area, sent out the ad, “Wanted: Yuki-onna ... attracting ski tourists from Japan and abroad.
A painting of “Yuki-onna” by Uemura Shoen is housed by the Fukuda Art Museum in the Saga-Tenryuji-Susukinobabacho district of Kyoto’s Ukyo Ward. (Shunji Morimoto) ...
Kakuzu inherited his terrifying looks from an equally terrifying figure in Japanese folklore. The Kuchisake-onna, or ...