Ibusuki Golf Club

Ibusuki Golf Club's Kaimon Course has operated as a resort-style facility since 1968, with a significant redesign by the noted architect Seiichi Inoue completed in 1978, playing a demanding 7,151 yards from the back tees with a 74.4 rating and 131 slope over bent grass greens. Ibusuki city, at the southern tip of the Satsuma peninsula, is one of Kagoshima's most famous hot spring destinations, renowned nationally for its natural sand-steam baths on Surigahama beach, where bathers are buried in naturally heated volcanic sand rather than soaking in water. The course takes its name from Mount Kaimon, a strikingly symmetrical volcanic cone nicknamed Satsuma Fuji for its resemblance to Mount Fuji, which dominates views from several holes. Facilities include golf carts, caddies, club rentals, a driving range, and putting green, along with an on-site restaurant. Golfers visiting Ibusuki Golf Club can easily combine their round with the area's famous sand-bath onsen experience and views of Mount Kaimon, making this one of the more distinctive golf-and-hot-spring combinations anywhere in Kyushu. Golfers planning an Ibusuki sand-bath and golf trip through CoGolfers can anchor the visit around this course, and the community is a good place to find others heading to this unique destination.