Wakkanai Country Club

Wakkanai Country Club has served mainland Japan's northernmost city since 1964, offering a links-style, semi-private 18-hole course that plays to a par of 72, with a course rating of 70.7 and slope of 121 from the back tees at 6,354 yards. A shorter regular-tee option at 6,123 yards keeps the course accessible for a range of playing abilities. The club offers golf carts, caddies and club rentals, and its golf season runs from mid-April through mid-November, a relatively short window reflecting the far-northern latitude. Walking and metal spikes are both permitted, and a putting green rounds out the practice facilities. Wakkanai is famous as the gateway to Rebun and Rishiri islands and for its dramatic views toward Sakhalin on clear days, making a visit here as much about the journey to Japan's northern edge as the destination itself. For CoGolfers members chasing the experience of playing golf at the very top of Japan, Wakkanai Country Club offers a genuine, welcoming round alongside neighboring North Valley Country Club, and its links-style character gives the course a distinctive feel that sets it apart from the parkland layouts common further south on the island.