Tsukigase Country Club

Tsukigase Country Club has operated as a semi-private course open to the public in Minamiyamashiro-mura, in southeastern Kyoto prefecture near the Nara border, since 1967, designed by American architect Joe E. Crane and playing 6,880 yards from the back tees over bent grass greens with a 72.3 rating and 123 slope. The club offers golf carts and caddies, a driving range, restaurant, and meeting facilities, and accepts an unusually wide range of credit cards including Visa, Mastercard, UC, JCB, American Express, Nicos, UFJ, and Diners Club. Tsukigase sits close to the Lake Forest Resort's multiple courses and Kasagi Golf Club within the same rural, hilly stretch of southeastern Kyoto prefecture, giving this corner near the Nara border a genuine concentration of golf facilities despite its otherwise quiet, agricultural character. The village takes its name from a valley famous nationally for its plum blossoms, drawing visitors each spring to see the trees in bloom along the Tsukigase gorge, giving golfers a worthwhile seasonal sightseeing option to pair with a round depending on timing. Having Joe E. Crane's design credit, shared with several other Kansai-area courses built during Japan's postwar golf expansion, gives Tsukigase a design pedigree recognized among enthusiasts of the era's American-influenced layouts. Golfers exploring the Kyoto-Nara border region through CoGolfers can consider Tsukigase Country Club, and the community is a good place to find others planning a visit timed around the valley's famous plum blossoms.