Kushiro Airport Golf Club

Kushiro Airport Golf Club, established in 1981 near Shiranuka in eastern Hokkaido, rotates three nine-hole courses — Hamanasu, Rairaku and Suzuran — into three 18-hole combinations, each playing to a par of 72 across bent grass fairways and greens. The Hamanasu/Suzuran pairing stretches to 7,134 yards from the back tees with a course rating of 74.9 and slope of 131, while the other combinations offer comparably substantial tests from their own tee configurations, making this one of the more demanding multi-course facilities in eastern Hokkaido. The semi-private club offers caddies and golf carts as standard, along with a putting green for practice. As its name suggests, the club sits near Kushiro Airport, serving eastern Hokkaido's Kushiro-Akan-Kushitsuro region, which includes the Kushiro wetlands, one of Japan's largest marshlands and a habitat for the red-crowned crane. For CoGolfers members exploring this remote corner of Hokkaido, known for its nature reserves and coastal scenery, Kushiro Airport Golf Club's convenient location near the regional airport makes it an easy stop to open or close an eastern Hokkaido itinerary, and its rotating three-nine format gives repeat visitors variety across return trips.