Japanese Banner from Conan/Live Shows

[dragonboy]

I posted this on the Conan thread but wasn't sure if everyone if would read it so thought I'd pop it up here for anybody interested:

Over the amps is an advertising flag for the Sato-Seyaku drugs co.
The Japanese reads "Kusuri" which means medicine.
The elephant's name is Satoko-chan (my wife got it wrong, the pink elephant is a girl!)
She is one of the mascot for that pharmacy company (the other mascot is her brother, Sato-chan, who is orange).
 
This is a flag that would be found outside drugstores in Japan but isn't around much these days...

Here's a link for the Sato-chan town website.
It's all in Japanese but might amuse some of you for a minute or two.

http://www.satochan-studio.jp/index.html

Now you tell me about the owls - little owls, short eared owls, what do you think?  ;)

[realdeal]

They aquired that flag while playing in Japan last month.

[dragonboy]

Fuji-Rock in August I guess.

I'm curious as to how they came by it.

Maybe a Japanese fan gave it to them? Japanese fans can be pretty obsessive/strange.

Maybe they "borrowed" it?  ;)

[realdeal]

or,gee, i don't know, maybe they bought it?

[Angry Ewok]

Pink Elephant - Japanese Medicine

It makes plenty of sense to me.