Takarazuka Kogen Golf Club

Takarazuka Kogen Golf Club has played in the Nagaoyama section of Takarazuka's Kirihata district since 1964, designed by Joe E. Crane and stretching to 6,535 yards from the back tees down to 5,430 yards from the ladies' markers. 'Kogen,' meaning highland or plateau, reflects the club's elevated hillside position within Kirihata, a district that has developed into one of the densest golf clusters in this part of Hyogo, also hosting the nearby Daitakarazuka Golf Club and Shin Takarazuka Country Club. Crane's design credit ties the course to the same architectural lineage found at Sengari Country Club and Nishinomiya Kogen Golf Club elsewhere in Hyogo, giving this part of the prefecture a somewhat consistent design signature from his body of work. Takarazuka's fame as home to the all-female Takarazuka Revue theater troupe gives visitors a natural cultural pairing alongside a round here. Having opened in the mid-1960s, the course reflects the design sensibilities of Japan's first major golf construction wave. Golfers touring Joe E. Crane's design work across Hyogo through CoGolfers can add Takarazuka Kogen Golf Club to that exploration, and the community is a good place to find others navigating the dense Kirihata golf cluster.