I recently got back from a trip to Japan. Though the purpose of this trip was primarily familial, I was able to go to Kanazawa (new location for me) and Kyoto (an overdue return trip) for historical reasons.

I made sure to go to as many shrines as possible, as I love Shinto Shrine culture. A non-unversalist and localized way of integrating people’s need of the spiritual and public ceremony with everyday life focused around local legends, lore, and topography.

What follows is an attempt to lazily (i.e. with AI) render Shinto shrines dedicated to North American folk heroes and cryptids, from the Raven of indigenous Pacific Northwest folklore to more modern fare like cryptids. Sadly, I was not able to give the shrines themselves an Americanized look and retain the overall theme. Normally, this is the kind of thing I would draw myself, but its focus on buildings (a weakness of mine) means this is the more efficient method.

Now for Halloween I just have to figure out what the North American equivalent of the Nuribotoke is.