Hokkaido Classic Golf Club

A Nicklaus design cut through white birch and silver fir.

Hokkaido's summer is the reason serious golfers travel north: long daylight, dry air and temperatures in the low twenties while the rest of Japan is humid. Hokkaido Classic is the pick of the region — a wide, strategic Nicklaus layout with generous landing areas and severe consequences for anyone who takes the wrong line off the tee.

Why we book it

Full Jack Nicklaus signature design
Daylight until past 7pm in June and July
Under an hour from New Chitose Airport

Signature hole — 13, par 3

All carry over water to a shallow green sitting against a wall of birch.

Best months

June – September

Visitor access

Open to visitors. Pair with a night in Noboribetsu or Lake Shikotsu.

Caddies & carts

Self-drive carts standard; caddies by request

Green fee from

Quoted with your dates — it moves with the season and the day of the week.

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