Strategic Golf on the Slopes of Mt. Fuji

Forest Narusawa Golf & Country Club lies in Narusawa village in the forested northern foothills of Mt. Fuji, high above the Fuji Five Lakes. Opened in 1986 and designed by Sho Okubo, the 18-hole, par-72 course plays to 7,000 yards from the furthest tees. The layout uses the natural landscape and contours of the Fuji foothills as its main strategic weapons, and the club bills it as a strategic eighteen holes, with water and natural features to navigate along the way.

Cool mountain air and Fuji on the horizon, in a club that keeps its standards high.

This is a members' club with a "casual and elegant" dress code, but visitors can book online after a free web registration, and play is by self-service riding cart. Guest play runs from mid-March to mid-December, so summer here is a welcome escape from the city heat and autumn brings vivid colour to the woods. Lake Kawaguchiko, with its onsen hotels and classic views of Fuji, is close by, as are the Aokigahara forest and the lava caves of Narusawa. The club is reached via the Chuo Expressway from Takaido or the Tomei Expressway from Tokyo, making it a fine overnight trip from the capital.