# Akamizu Golf Resort

Golf course in Kumamoto. Book through Play Golf Tokyo: https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/akamizu-golf-resort

## Facts

- **Region:** Kumamoto
- **Address:** 1815-1, Akamizu, Aso-shi Kumamoto 869-2232
- **Access:** ~35 min by car from kumamoto airport
- **Type:** mountain
- **Holes / par:** 27 / 108
- **Course rating:** 74.4
- **Length:** 7,078 yards yards
- **Designer:** Shiro Akaboshi
- **Established:** 1966
- **Official website:** http://www.aso-golfclub.com/
- **Tags:** Kumamoto, 27 Holes, Golf Resort, Volcanic Landscape, Mountain Views, Visitors Welcome, Self-Play Carts, English Friendly, Onsen Nearby

## Good to know

- **Bath:** Large bath (weekday players)
- **Carts:** 4–5 seat GPS carts, fairway access depending on weather
- **Caddie:** Self-play (fully self-service from late December)
- **Greens:** Bent
- **Booking:** Submit player list 3 days ahead; English and Korean staff
- **Lodging:** On-site hotel, currently under renovation
- **Closed Days:** Mondays (Tuesday if Monday is a holiday)
- **Practice Range:** 150-yard range, 16 bays, plus bunker and approach areas

## About the course

Formerly known as Aso Golf Club and later Atsumaru Aso Akamizu Golf Club, Akamizu Golf Resort sits within Aso-Kuju National Park in Kumamoto, surrounded by the vast Aso caldera. Opened in 1966 and designed by Shiro Akaboshi, the resort was planned around three nines, Kijima, Sotowa and Nakadake, named after the area's volcanic peaks. Most holes are fairly flat with generous fairways, framed by volcanic rock and mature trees, with gentle undulations and long par-72 eighteens of over 7,000 yards.

### Wide fairways beneath smoking peaks, _with the Aso Five Peaks on the horizon._

The setting is the star: views across to the Aso Five Peaks accompany much of the round, and GPS carts with fairway access keep play easy. English- and Korean-speaking staff make it a comfortable choice for overseas visitors, and there is a large bath for a soak after golf. The surrounding caldera is one of Japan's great landscapes, from the active Nakadake crater and the grassy Kusasenri plain to Aso Shrine and the hot-spring towns of Uchinomaki and Kurokawa. The course is around 27 km from the Kumamoto interchange of the Kyushu Expressway, and a short taxi ride from JR Akamizu Station on the Hohi Line.

## Play here

- **Request a tee time:** https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/akamizu-golf-resort#request (or with an AI assistant through the Play Golf Tokyo MCP server: https://mcp.play-golf-tokyo.com/mcp). Send preferred dates, time of day, format and players; our team books with the club in Japanese and emails the confirmation.
- **Open rounds to join:** https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/community
- Green fees are paid at the club on the day.