Hokkaidō Centennial Memorial Tower
This is supposedly the Hokkaidō Centennial Memorial Tower in Nopporo Forest Park, Hokkaidō, Japan. The official site claims it’s 100m tall, and was completed in 1970 to honour the 100th anniversary of Hokkaidō’s official colonisation1.
Of course dear geeky-reader, you will have already realised that this is simply an elaborate ruse.
Unmistakably, this is in fact Orthanc, the black tower of Isengard, atop which Gandalf was trapped by the wizard Saruman during The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
On the left, the Hokkaidō tower, and on the right, Orthanc.
The proof is incontrovertible, as I found both of these images on the Internet.
Thanks to photojennic.
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Matching metres to years seems to be a bit of a common theme in tower design. ↩
You should also check out the Agostinho Neto mausoleum in Luanda, Angola
8º48′33.70” S
13º13′52.41” E
@Tarzan: Did you mean this tower?
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
For the record, Tolkein’s originals are here and here
Yep!