Journal
From the Journal (19)
Play the courses in these stories. Hosted tours on set dates, or a tee time on yours.
Destination
Golf in Chitose & Tomakomai: A Hokkaidō Guide — Two Courses, One Town
Two championship courses fifteen to twenty minutes from New Chitose Airport — Katsura GC (bookable) and Hokkaido Brooks CC (by introduction) — plus where to eat, a shrine ritual and where to stay in Chitose.
Golf With a View of Mt. Fuji: Where to Play and How to Plan the Day
The Fuji foothills hold Japan's most dramatic concentration of golf — courses built around the mountain itself. Where to play in Yamanashi and Shizuoka, when the mountain shows itself, and how to do it as a day trip from Tokyo.
Golf in Japan: The Complete Guide for Visiting Golfers
How golf actually works in Japan — the full-day ritual, what a round costs, the seasons and regions that matter, dress code, and how international visitors get on courses that don't take English bookings.
Course Report
Inside Preserve Tour
A Quiet Friday at Fuji Classic
Two groups, a soft grey May morning, and steak grilled on hot stone at the turn — one full tour day at Fuji Classic, as it ran.
Closing Out June at Fuji Classic
A two-ball at Fuji Classic to close out June — an easy round and a long lunch with the course out the window.
Fuji Over the First
Mt Fuji out over the first fairway, five players, and one of the cleanest Fuji Classic mornings of the season.
A Full Field at Fuji Classic
Eight players, a bright day at Fuji Classic — the biggest group of the season and one of the best days.
Seven at Fuji Classic
Seven players at Fuji Classic on a blue-sky June day — a full group, a team photo, and a proper day out.
A Two-Ball at Caledonian
A two-ball at Caledonian on a bright day — quiet fairways and an unhurried round.
A Patient Round at Grandfields
Grandfields Country Club on an early-June morning — cedar-lined fairways, deep bunkers, and a course that rewards a patient round.
Wide Open at Fuji Classic
An early-June round at Fuji Classic — a father and son visiting Japan on an exclusive private trip, with wide fairways and big sky to themselves.
Fuji in the Clear
A clear-sky Fuji Classic — Mt Fuji out all morning, and a round that lived up to the view.
A Round Off the Map
Gora Kadan Fuji Golf — an introduction-only members' club, a small group, and the unhurried round these quiet places are built for.
Clear Skies at Fuji Classic
A full field at Fuji Classic on a bright late-May morning — Mt Fuji clear, and the season's first real warmth on the fairways.
Golf Shop
Manners and Etiquette
How to Book Golf in Japan: Every Option, Honestly Compared
Japanese-only portals, foursome rules, member introductions — why booking golf in Japan is hard for visitors, and every real route onto a tee sheet, honestly compared.
Japanese Golf Etiquette: What Visiting Golfers Need to Know
The unwritten rules of a Japanese golf day — arrival, the clubhouse ritual, pace of play, the lunch turn, the bath, and the small courtesies that mark a welcome guest.