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    Best golf courses: Japan

    Japan: the table below provides brief details about the top golf courses in this country or region. Each golf club has been visited and/or researched by Where2Golf. Click on the course name below to discover more. The course ratings below range from 5 highest, to 2 lowest. They attempt to provide an indication of the golfing experience you might expect at the course (based on its design, condition and surroundings). Hover your cursor above the Rating Key for the rating definitions.

    Rating key

    5-PLUS: In the world’s elite - has few peers; one of our top-rated 5s! 5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this. 4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars. 4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit. 3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars. 3-star: Good course – an enjoyable test for your game. 2-star: Reasonably okay course - if better courses not available. Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team. Private: A course for members and their invited guests only. Stay & Play Golf Resorts: Golf Clubs and resorts with onsite accommodation

    Course name

    Rating

    Visitors?

    Nearest city

    Designer

    i

    Abiko
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Chiba
    Akaboshi, Rokuro

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Chiba

    Designer

    Original design by Japanese course architects Rokuro and Shiro Akaboshi (1930); modifications by Brian M. Silva (USA).
    Aichi
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Nagoya
    Inoue, Seiichi

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Nagoya

    Designer

    Original design by Seiichi Inoue (1954); redesign by Taizo Kawata (2004).
    Aqualine GC
    3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Chiba
    Karo, Shunsuke

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Chiba

    Designer

    Shunsuke Kato
    Atta Terrace
    3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Okinawa
    Unknown

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Okinawa

    Designer

    Unknown
    Bonari Kogen
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Fukushima
    Fream, Ron

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Fukushima

    Designer

    Ron Fream
    Caledonian, Jpn
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Restricted
    Chiba
    Poellot, J. Michael

    Visitors?

    Restricted

    Nearest city

    Chiba

    Designer

    J. Michael Poellot
    Chiba CC
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Tokyo
    Yasuda, Kokichi

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Tokyo

    Designer

    Original design by Yasuda Kokichi (1960); redesign by Taizo Kawata (2004).
    Daihakone CC
    3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Gotemba
    Otani & Asaka

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Gotemba

    Designer

    Mitsuaki Otani & Yasuhiko Asaka
    Eagle Point, Jpn
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Tokyo
    Kawata, Taizo

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Tokyo

    Designer

    Taizo Kawata
    Gifu Seki
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Nagoya
    Ueda, Osamu

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Nagoya

    Designer

    Original design by Osamu Ueda (1964); redesign and improvements by Taizo Kawata (1994, 2006, 2007).
    Golden Valley, Jpn
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe
    Jones Jr, Robert Trent

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe

    Designer

    Robert Trent Jones Jr
    Gotemba GC
    3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Gotemba
    Akaboshi, Shiro

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Gotemba

    Designer

    Shiro Akaboshi
    Grandee Nasushirakawa
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Nasushiobara
    Jones Sr, Robert Trent

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Nasushiobara

    Designer

    Robert Trent Jones Snr
    Hakone CC
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Gotemba
    Akaboshi, Shiro

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Gotemba

    Designer

    Shiro Akaboshi
    Hirono
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe
    Alison, Charles H.

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe

    Designer

    Original design and later modifications by Charles Hugh Alison (1931, 1948).
    Hokkaido Classic
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Sapporo
    Nicklaus, Jack

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Sapporo

    Designer

    Jack Nicklaus
    Ibaraki CC, Osaka
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe
    Inoue, Alison & Jones

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe

    Designer

    East course designed by David Hood of Scotland (1923); renovated by Charles H. Alison (1930). West course designed by Seiichi Inoue (1960); completely redesigned by Rees Jones and Bryce Swanson (2011).

    Ishioka
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Mito
    Nicklaus, Jack

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Mito

    Designer

    Jack Nicklaus
    Karuizawa 72
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Karuizawa
    Jones Jr, Robert Trent

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Karuizawa

    Designer

    All six 18-hole courses at Karuizawa 72 were designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr, and opened in 1972.
    Karuizawa GC
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Karuizawa
    Kodera, Yuji

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Karuizawa

    Designer

    Yuji Kodera
    Karuizawa Resort
    3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Karuizawa
    Kato, Shunsuke

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Karuizawa

    Designer

    Shunsuke Kato
    Kasumigaseki
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Tokyo
    Alison, Charles H.

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Tokyo

    Designer

    East course designed by Kinya Fujita and Shiro Akaboshi (1929), with five holes redesigned by Charles "Hugh" Alison (1930). Modifications made by Taizo Kawata (1998) and a wide-ranging renovation made by Logan Fazio (son of Tom Fazio) in 2015. West course designed by Kinya Fujita and Seiichi Inoue (1929); modified by Taizo Kawata (1992).
    Kawana Hotel
    5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this.
    Rsrt guests only
    Ito
    Alison, Charles H.

    Visitors?

    Rsrt guests only

    Nearest city

    Ito

    Designer

    Fuji course designed by Charles Hugh Alison (1936). Oshima course, one of Japan's oldest, designed by Mitsuaki Otani (1928).
    Keya
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Fukuoka
    Akaboshi, Shiro

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Fukuoka

    Designer

    Shiro Akaboshi
    Koga
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Fukuoka
    Ueda, Osamu

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Fukuoka

    Designer

    Osamu Ueda
    Koganei
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Tokyo
    Hagen, Walter

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Tokyo

    Designer

    Walter Hagen
    Nagoya GC (Wago)
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Nagoya
    Otani, Mitsuaki

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Nagoya

    Designer

    Originally designed by Mitsuaki Otani and Charles H. Alison (1928); modified by Sho Tobari (2010).

    Narita
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Chiba
    Kawata, Taizo

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Chiba

    Designer

    Taizo Kawata
    Naruo
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe
    Crane & Alison

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe

    Designer

    Current course designed in 1927 by club members - the Crane brothers (Joe E., Harry C. and Bertie E. Crane). Later modifications drawn up by Charles Hugh Alison (1930).
    Nasu
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Nasushiobara
    Fujita & Inoue

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Nasushiobara

    Designer

    Kinya Fujita & Seiichi Inoue
    New St Andrews
    3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Nasushiobara
    Nicklaus & Muirhead

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Nasushiobara

    Designer

    Jack Nicklaus & Desmond Muirhead
    Nihonkai
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Niigata
    Okubo, Sho

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Niigata

    Designer

    Sho Okubo
    Nikko
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Ltd access
    Nasushiobara
    Inoue, Seiichi

    Visitors?

    Ltd access

    Nearest city

    Nasushiobara

    Designer

    Seiichi Inoue
    Niseko
    3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Sapporo
    Palmer, Arnold

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Sapporo

    Designer

    Arnold Palmer
    Niseko Village
    3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Sapporo
    Tsutsumi, Yoshiaki

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Sapporo

    Designer

    Yoshiaki Tsutsumi
    Oarai
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Mito
    Inoue, Seiichi

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Mito

    Designer

    Seiichi Inoue
    Ono
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe
    Ueda, Osamu

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe

    Designer

    Osamu Ueda

    Osaka
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe
    Ueda, Osamu

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe

    Designer

    Osamu Ueda
    Otaru
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Sapporo
    Yasuda, Kokichi

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Sapporo

    Designer

    Current layout by Kokichi Yasuda (1974); modifications by Damian Pascuzzo.
    Phoenix CC, Jpn
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Miyazaki
    Ohashi, Kokichi

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Miyazaki

    Designer

    Kokichi Ohashi
    Pine Lake, Jpn
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe
    Jones Jr, Robert Trent

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe

    Designer

    Robert Trent Jones Jr
    Ryugasaki
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Ltd access
    Tokyo
    Inoue, Seiichi

    Visitors?

    Ltd access

    Nearest city

    Tokyo

    Designer

    Seiichi Inoue
    Sagami CC
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Tokyo
    Akaboshi, Rokuro

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Tokyo

    Designer

    Rokuro Akaboshi
    Sagamihara GC
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Tokyo
    Odera / Murakami

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Tokyo

    Designer

    Odera / Murakami
    Sapporo Bay
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Sapporo
    Dye, Pete & Perry

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Sapporo

    Designer

    Father-son team of Pete & Perry Dye.
    Sapporo (Wattsu)
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Sapporo
    Inoue, Seiichi

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Sapporo

    Designer

    Seiichi Inoue

    Shimonoseki GC
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Kitakyushu
    Ueda, Osamu

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Kitakyushu

    Designer

    Osamu Ueda

    Sodegaura
    3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Chiba
    Izumu, Kazusuke

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Chiba

    Designer

    Kazusuke Izumi
    Taiheiyo Club (Gotemba)
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Gotemba
    Kato, Shunsuke

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Gotemba

    Designer

    Shunsuke Kato
    Takanodai
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Chiba
    Inoue, Seiichi

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Chiba

    Designer

    Seiichi Inoue
    Tokyo GC
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Tokyo
    Otani, Mitsuaki

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Tokyo

    Designer

    Original design at this location by Mitsuaki Otani (1940).
    Tom Watson Crse, Jpn
    3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Miyazaki
    Watson, Tom

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Miyazaki

    Designer

    Tom Watson
    Windsor Park, Jpn
    3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Mito
    Sato, Kentaro

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Mito

    Designer

    Kentaro Sato
    Yokohama CC
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Tokyo
    Aiyama & Takemura

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Tokyo

    Designer

    East and West courses originally designed by Takeo Aiyama & Hideo Takemura (1960). East course renovated by Kentaro Sato (2001). West renovated by Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw (2016).

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