# Aso Resort Grandvrio Hotel Golf Course

> Arnold Palmer Design

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

## Facts

- **Region:** Kumamoto
- **Address:** Akamizu, Aso-shi Kumamoto 869-2232
- **Access:** ~35 min by car from kumamoto airport
- **Type:** resort
- **Holes / par:** 36 / 143
- **Length:** 12,521 yards (36 holes) yards
- **Designer:** Arnold Palmer
- **Established:** 1990
- **Official website:** https://www.grandvrio-hotelresort.com/aso/golf/
- **Tags:** Kumamoto, 36 Holes, Golf Resort, Hilly Course, Forest, Volcanic Landscape, Mountain Views, Water Hazards, Arnold Palmer Design, Onsen, On-Site Lodging, Visitors Welcome, Self-Play Carts

## Good to know

- **Bath:** Open-air natural onsen (Yonezuka Onsen)
- **Carts:** Riding carts with remote control and GPS
- **Greens:** Bent
- **Booking:** Overseas visitors must show a passport at reception
- **Lodging:** Aso Resort Grandvrio Hotel on site
- **Dress Code:** No specific requirements; soft spikes only
- **Closed Days:** Open year-round
- **Practice Range:** 15 bays, 300 yards, plus approach practice area

## About the course

Aso Resort Grandvrio Hotel Golf Course spreads across the wooded slopes of Akamizu in Aso City, Kumamoto, framed by the mountains of the Aso outer caldera rim. Designed by Arnold Palmer and opened in 1990, it offers 36 holes on two courses: the East, with rolling fairways and complex green contours, opening with a downhill par five past a large pond, and the West, where water comes into play on many holes, including the 11th with its full-length hazard on the left.

### Two Palmer courses, a resort hotel and an open-air onsen, _all in the shadow of an active volcano._

With the hotel adjoining the course, a one-night, two-round stay is easy, and an open-air bath fed directly from the Yonezuka hot spring soothes tired legs after play. A 300-yard range and GPS carts complete the setup. Beyond golf, the Aso area offers the Kusasenri grasslands, the Nakadake crater and Aso Shrine. The course is about 500 m from the Aso-Nishi interchange, or take the JR Hohi Line from Kumamoto Station to Akamizu Station (about 60 minutes) and a short taxi ride.

## Play here

- **Request a tee time:** https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/aso-resort-grandvrio-hotel-golf-course#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.