Hot springs and high fairways in the heart of Izu

Fuji Amagi Golf Club sits in the hills above Izu city on the Izu Peninsula, a club that first opened in November 1961 as Amagi Country Club and later played for years as Amagi Nikkatsu Golf Club. Laid out by Nippon Kokudo Kaihatsu across some 215 hectares of mountain terrain, its 27 holes are split into three nines named Matsu, Fuji and Sato, with moderate elevation changes and a choice of bent and korai greens. The club itself sums up the challenge as a course that rewards aggressive yet delicate shot-making.

Mt. Fuji, the Hakone range and the Amagi peaks frame the round, and a natural onsen waits at the end of it.

Beyond the golf, this is a true Izu retreat: the clubhouse has a free-flowing natural hot-spring bath and on-site lodging, and its lunch buffet is a local favourite. Nearby Shuzenji, one of Izu's oldest hot-spring towns, is about ten minutes away by car, with its riverside temple and bamboo groves, while the wider peninsula offers seafood, coastal drives and spring and autumn colour in the Amagi mountains. Drivers reach the club in roughly 90 minutes from Yokohama via the Izu Jukan Expressway; by rail, take the Tokaido Shinkansen to Mishima, then the Izu-Hakone Railway to Shuzenji Station and a short taxi ride. Make it an overnight stay and pair it with a second round elsewhere in Izu.