Good luck symbols
The Owl (Fukurou)

  What do you think when you think of an owl? Is an owl a cute, innocent bird with a large head and eyes and hooked beak, or an ominous bird which hoots weirdly at night? Owls are seen as a good luck symbol all over the world. There are about 140 different species of owls alive today, inhabiting a variety of ecological regions, but not the South and North Poles. There are 10 species of owls inhabiting Japan. In Europe, owls were loved as a bird bringing good business fortune. They were believed to know everything about the world, turning their heads right round and having extraordinary nocturnal vision.
  They are also a popular symbol for Japanese people, who call them “fuku-rou”, or “fu-kurou”, which means that good luck will come soon, that people will never suffer hardship. So, owl images are occasionally used for birthday presents, 60th birthday (kanreki) gifts, souvenirs and piggy banks. Various types of owl made of wood, pottery, cloth are on sale these days. Now that you know they are good luck, why don’t you decorate your desk with an owl figure?
Owls can move their heads around about 270 degrees. This has been interpreted as owls having a large circle of acquaintances i.e. they are good at business. Secondly, owls are considered to look intelligent. So they have long been used as a symbol of wisdom and learning. Thirdly, owls sleep during the day and emerge at night to hunt small prey. So they are considered to look after the family as a guardian deity. And owls can keep still in the same spot for 20 days. Thus giving them the right to be a symbol of patience.