Sasayama Golf Club

Sasayama Golf Club has played in the historic castle town of Tamba-Sasayama since 1980, designed jointly by Shunsuke Kato and Joe E. Crane, stretching to 6,703 yards from the back tees down to 6,423 yards from the regular markers. Sasayama is renowned for its beautifully preserved castle town streets, traditional pottery craft, and famous black soybean and chestnut produce, making it one of the more popular day-trip destinations from both Kobe and Osaka, with golf offering a natural way to extend that visit. The joint design credit between a Japanese and an international architect reflects the broader collaborative trend seen at several Hyogo courses built during the 1970s and 1980s, blending domestic sensibilities with Western design influences. The club carries the straightforward Sasayama name, directly tying it to the city's well-known cultural identity. Having operated since 1980, the course reflects the design standards of the later stages of Japan's golf construction boom. The surrounding Tanba region's misty valleys and traditional rural scenery give the round a genuinely different character from Hyogo's coastal courses. Golfers combining a Sasayama sightseeing trip with a round through CoGolfers can use Sasayama Golf Club as their golf base for that visit.