Tokyu Grand Oak Golf Club

Tokyu Grand Oak Golf Club has played in Kato city since 1991, and now spans 36 holes across two full 18-hole layouts on one property after the Players Course was added in 2000. The original course stretches to 6,975 yards over Pencross bentgrass greens with a 73.1 rating and 123 slope, while the newer Players Course reaches 7,009 yards from its championship tees, giving the combined club a genuine variety of tee-to-green challenges built more than a decade apart. The Tokyu name reflects backing from one of Japan's major railway and leisure conglomerates, a corporate pedigree common among the country's larger golf developments from the late-1980s and early-1990s boom years. Kato sits within Hyogo's densely packed Banshu golf corridor, giving this semi-private club easy proximity to dozens of other courses for golfers building a multi-round trip. Having two full 18-hole layouts under common Tokyu ownership gives the combined property a genuine 36-hole capacity in a single visit, appealing to larger groups or golfers wanting a full day of golf without relocating. The original course's early-1990s vintage places it among the last wave of major Japanese golf construction before the economic slowdown of the following years, while the Players Course's later build allowed for more contemporary shaping. Golfers arranging a full 36-hole Kato visit through CoGolfers can play both layouts back to back, and the community is a good place to find others planning the same full day.