Top 100 Courses
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Top 100 Golf Courses in Japan
1. Hirono Golf Club
Miki, Hyogo, Japan
Course Holes: 18 Par: 72 Distance: 6,925yd
The Hirono Golf Club and its renowned 18-hole course sit 17-miles northwest of the port city of Kobe, Japan's sixth-largest city. On a map, Kobe looks far from Tokyo, but the journey takes a mere three hours and ten minutes thanks to the country's legendary "Shinkansen" bullet train. The club's renowned course resulted from a...
2. Kawana Hotel Golf Course – Fuji Course
Ito City, Shizuoka, Japan
Course Holes: 18 Par: 72 Distance: 6,187yd
Kawana Hotel Golf Course near Ito City, Shizuoka, is situated approximately 70 miles south of Tokyo on the picturesque Izu Peninsula and offers two publicly accessible 18-hole golf courses. The courses are built along the shore and enjoy great views of the Pacific Ocean and Mt. Fuji in the distance. The classic Kawana Hotel first opened...
3. Naruo Golf Club
Nishi-Uneno, Kawanishi-shi, Hyogo, Japan
Course Holes: 18 Par: 70 Distance: 6612yd
The private Naruo Golf Club in Kawanishi, Hyogo Prefecture, features a highly interesting course artfully designed and strategically laid out by three British expatriates, the Crane brothers, and the famed course designer Charles Hugh Alison in the verdant hills east of Japan's famed Rokko Mountain Range. The way the natural terrain is incorporated into the...
4. Tokyo Golf Club
Sayama, Saitama City, Saitama, Japan
Course Holes: 18 Par: 72 Distance: 6915m
The Tokyo Golf Club is a members-only club and is located in Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture, about an hour and a half outside Tokyo's city center. The club first opened in 1914 in Komazama and was started by Junnosuke Inoue after he visited New York and saw golf courses there. The course was moved to...
5. Yokohama Country Club – West Course
Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
Course Holes: 18 Par: 71 Distance: 6938 yd
Located approximately 40 kilometers south of Tokyo and only a short distance from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture is the 36-hole golf complex at Yokohama Country Club. Set in the hinterland behind the port city, Yokohama Country Club's two 18-hole golf courses are flanked on their western side by the 36-holes of its immediate neighbor, Totsuka Country...
6. Ono Golf Club
Ono City, Hyogo, Japan
Course Holes: 18 Par: 72 Distance: 6910m
Situated 45-minutes outside Osaka and an hour from Kobe, the Ono Golf Club's private 18-hole course is a delightful hidden gem set within rolling hills and beside an attractive lake. Designed by local Japanese architect Osamu Ueda and built-in 1961, the par 72 layout at Ono is often referred to as the sister of the...
7. Kasumigaseki Country Club – East Course
Kawagoe-shi, Saitama, Japan
Course Holes: 18 Par: 71 Distance: 7466m
The private Kasumigaseki Country Club is a widely regarded 36-hole golfing complex that occupies 300-acres of gently rolling ground on an old tea-growing estate 30-miles northwest of central Tokyo. The club's two 18-hole courses feature carefully placed lakes, bunkers, and trees, and the softly rolling fairways add to the enjoyment of a round at Kasumigaseki....
8. Abiko Golf Club
Abiko-shi , Chiba, Japan
Course Holes: 18 Par: 72 Distance: 6912m
The private and very highly regarded Abiko Golf Club is situated close to Lake Teganuma near the city of Abiko in Japan's Chiba Prefecture. Since its opening in 1930 Abiko has been one of Japan's most famous golf courses, having hosted the Japan Open, the Japan Senior Open, and the Japan Women's Open Golf Championships....
9. Oarai Golf Club
Oarai-cho, Higashi-Ibaraki-gun, Ibaraki, Japan
Course Holes: 18 Par: 72 Distance: 7190yd
Opened in 1953, Oarai Golf Club in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, provides its members with one of the finest private 18-hole golf courses in the country. Limited access is also available to the public making this remarkable layout which lies an hour and a half from central Tokyo and 30-minutes from Mito particularly special. Seiichi Inoue was one of...
10. Koga Golf Club
Shishibu, Koga-shi, Fukuoka, Japan
Course Holes: 18 Par: 72 Distance: 6820yd
Situated 30-minutes from Fukuoka Airport and Hakata Station, is the private 18-hole links-style layout at the Koga Golf Club. Largely unheralded outside of Japan this charming seaside golf club was built through an undulating pine plantation close to the city of Fukuoka. First opened as a nine-hole course in 1953, Osamu Ueda, a master of golf design, was asked in 1956 to redesign Koga to expand it...
