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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.

Region
Style

Showing 9 of 9 courses

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
From ¥38,000
ShizuokaParkland

Taiheiyo Club — Gotemba Course

Tournament conditioning at the foot of Mount Fuji.

Holes
18 holes
Par
Par 72
Green fee from
From ¥32,000
HokkaidoParkland

Hokkaido Classic Golf Club

A Nicklaus design cut through white birch and silver fir.

Holes
18 holes
Par
Par 72
Green fee from
From ¥22,000
HokkaidoParkland

The North Country Golf Club

Broad, muscular holes on the Chitose plain.

Holes
18 holes
Par
Par 72
Green fee from
From ¥18,000
MiyazakiSeaside

Phoenix Country Club

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

Holes
27 holes
Par
Par 72
Green fee from
From ¥26,000
MiyazakiLinks-inspired

Tom Watson Golf Course

A links education, built into a Japanese pine forest.

Holes
18 holes
Par
Par 72
Green fee from
From ¥19,000
NaganoHighland

Karuizawa 72 Golf

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

Holes
72 holes
Par
Par 72
Green fee from
From ¥16,000
HyogoMountain

Rokko Kokusai Golf Club

Mountain golf above Kobe, thirty minutes from the city.

Holes
18 holes
Par
Par 72
Green fee from
From ¥17,000
OkinawaSeaside

Ryukyu Golf Club

Subtropical golf where the Japanese season begins.

Holes
18 holes
Par
Par 72
Green fee from
From ¥15,000

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.