Golf Guides

Most Japanese golf courses are set up for groups of three or four. A pair often pays a surcharge, and a single golfer usually cannot book a tee time alone. That does not mean you cannot play alone....

Golf around Tokyo costs more than golf around Osaka, and the cheap rounds are in two places: on the rivers and a long way out. The Arakawa, Tamagawa and Tone rivers all have public courses on their...

The cheapest golf in Kansai is on the Yodo River. Between Osaka and Kyoto the river runs through a wide floodplain, and five courses sit on it, most of them a short walk or bus ride from a Keihan o...

Golf in Japan isn't hard to arrange. At most courses you need no member's introduction, no handicap certificate and no Japanese at all. What catches visitors out is the shape of the day. You'll pro...