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The courses

Nine courses we know well, from a network of more than a hundred.

This is a sample, not a catalogue. If a course you want is not here, ask — the answer is usually yes, sometimes no, and always honest.

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Showing 9 of 9 courses

The clifftop at Kawana, pines above the Pacificwilliamcho / CC BY-SA 2.0
ShizuokaClifftop

Kawana Hotel Golf Course — Fuji Course

Japan's most photographed golf hole, on a cliff above Sagami Bay.

Holes
18 holes
Par
Par 72
Green fee from
On request
ShizuokaParkland

Taiheiyo Club — Gotemba Course

Tournament conditioning at the foot of Mount Fuji.

Holes
18 holes
Par
Par 72
Green fee from
On request
The 9th hole at Hokkaido Classic Golf Club, a wide sand bunker cut into the green surrounds beneath birch treesMOVE TAKAYAMA / CC BY 4.0
HokkaidoParkland

Hokkaido Classic Golf Club

A Nicklaus design cut through white birch and silver fir.

Holes
18 holes
Par
Par 72
Green fee from
On request
Aerial survey photograph of The North Country Golf Club, its fairways cut through woodland outside Chitose, Hokkaido国土地理院 / National Land Image Information, MLIT
HokkaidoParkland

The North Country Golf Club

Broad, muscular holes on the Chitose plain.

Holes
18 holes
Par
Par 72
Green fee from
On request
Aerial survey photograph of Phoenix Country Club, laid out in a strip of pine woodland along the Miyazaki coast国土地理院 / National Land Image Information, MLIT
MiyazakiSeaside

Phoenix Country Club

Twenty-seven holes of pine, ocean breeze and tournament history.

Holes
27 holes
Par
Par 72
Green fee from
On request
MiyazakiLinks-inspired

Tom Watson Golf Course

A links education, built into a Japanese pine forest.

Holes
18 holes
Par
Par 72
Green fee from
On request
NaganoHighland

Karuizawa 72 Golf

Seventy-two holes in Japan's oldest summer resort town.

Holes
72 holes
Par
Par 72
Green fee from
On request
Aerial survey photograph of Rokko Kokusai Golf Club, its holes threading the forested ridges above Kobe国土地理院 / National Land Image Information, MLIT
HyogoMountain

Rokko Kokusai Golf Club

Mountain golf above Kobe, thirty minutes from the city.

Holes
18 holes
Par
Par 72
Green fee from
On request
Aerial survey photograph of Ryukyu Golf Club on the hills above Nanjo, southern Okinawa国土地理院 / National Land Image Information, MLIT
OkinawaSeaside

Ryukyu Golf Club

Subtropical golf where the Japanese season begins.

Holes
18 holes
Par
Par 72
Green fee from
On request

Private clubs and member introductions

Several of Japan's most admired courses accept play only through a member, and a handful do not accept visitors at all. Where we hold the relationship, we can arrange an introduction — usually on a weekday, usually with several months' notice. Where we cannot, we will say so at the start rather than let you plan a trip around it.