Kishiwada Country Club

Kishiwada Country Club, in Kishiwada city in southern Osaka prefecture, operates three nine-hole courses named Bamboo, Pine, and Plum, combining in pairs for full eighteen-hole rounds that play to a par of either 71 or 72 depending on which two nines are paired for the round. Kishiwada city is best known nationally for its Danjiri Festival, a centuries-old event featuring enormous wooden festival floats hauled at speed through the streets by teams of local residents, one of the most physically dramatic traditional festivals in Japan and a major draw for visitors each September. The club's three-nine format gives repeat visitors a genuinely different eighteen-hole test depending on which pairing is in play on a given day, with the Pine and Bamboo combination playing to the full par 72 while the other two pairings come in one stroke shorter at par 71. Kishiwada sits along Osaka Bay in the Senshu region of the prefecture, an area with a long fishing and merchant history that predates its more recent suburban development. The club's rural, hillside setting in the Osawa district offers a change of pace from the dense coastal city center closer to Kishiwada Castle and the historic old town. Golfers planning a visit around Kishiwada's famous festival season, or simply looking for a flexible multi-nine golf experience in southern Osaka, can consider Kishiwada Country Club through CoGolfers, and the community is a good place to find others interested in combining a round with a visit to this culturally distinctive city.