# Bitchu Kogen Hokubo Country Club

Golf course in Okayama. Book through Play Golf Tokyo: https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/bitchu-kogen-hokubo-country-club

## Facts

- **Region:** Okayama
- **Address:** 3933, Shimonakatsui, Maniwa-shi Okayama 716-1421
- **Access:** ~60 min by car from okayama station
- **Holes / par:** 18 / 72
- **Course rating:** 73.5
- **Length:** 7,027 yards (back tees) yards
- **Designer:** Masuta Ishimi
- **Established:** 1990 (Opened September 11, 1990)
- **Official website:** http://www.hokubo-cc.jp/
- **Tags:** Okayama, 18 Holes, Forest, Cherry Blossoms, Autumn Foliage, Visitors Welcome, On-Site Lodging

## Good to know

- **Bath:** Two large communal baths
- **Booking:** Online booking for 2+ players, and single-player matching; phone booking also available
- **Lodging:** On-site lodging wing with single and twin hotel rooms; no stays Sunday or Monday nights
- **Practice Range:** Driving range plus approach, putting and bunker practice areas

## About the course

High on the Bitchu Plateau near Maniwa in northern Okayama, Bitchu Kogen Hokubo Country Club opened in September 1990 at around 430 metres above sea level. Designed by Masuta Ishimi, this 18-hole, par-72 layout is split into the Tsubaki (out) and Momiji (in) nines and stretches to 7,027 yards from the back tees, with a course rating of 73.5. The club describes itself as a true forest course carved into karst tableland, framed by green mountains on every side.

### Long, strategic and wrapped in woodland, _with every season painting it differently._

Spring brings cherry blossoms and autumn turns the Momiji nine into its namesake maples, while the plateau elevation keeps summer rounds a little fresher than the coast. The clubhouse has two large baths and a restaurant, and an on-site lodging wing with single and twin rooms makes it easy to stay over and play two days. Kitabo IC on the Chugoku Expressway is about ten minutes away, roughly 50 minutes' drive from Okayama, so the club pairs naturally with a trip taking in Okayama's Korakuen garden, the canal town of Kurashiki, or the onsen villages of the Maniwa highlands.

## Play here

- **Request a tee time:** https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/bitchu-kogen-hokubo-country-club#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.