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? ;)
They aquired that flag while playing in Japan last month.
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? ;)
or,gee, i don't know, maybe they bought it?
Pink Elephant - Japanese Medicine
It makes plenty of sense to me.