# Grandee Karuizawa Golf Club Morizumi Course

> Hosted Resort Trust Ladies 2010-2012

Golf course in Nagano. Book through Play Golf Tokyo: https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/grandee-karuizawa-golf-club-morizumi-course

## Facts

- **Region:** Nagano
- **Address:** 1454 Hosho, Miyota-machi, Kitasaku-gun Nagano 389-0204
- **Access:** ~30 min by car from karuizawa station
- **Holes / par:** 18 / 72
- **Course rating:** 72.4
- **Length:** 6,847 (back) yards
- **Designer:** Toshiro Otake
- **Established:** 1995
- **Official website:** https://www.rtg.jp/golf/g-karu/
- **Tags:** Nagano, 18 Holes, Hilly Course, JLPGA Tour, Championship Course, Caddie Available, Self-Play Carts, Visitors Welcome

## Good to know

- **Carts:** Remote-control riding carts with GPS navigation
- **Caddie:** Optional, request after booking
- **Greens:** Bent, one green per hole
- **Season:** Closed early December to late March
- **Dress Code:** Jacket in clubhouse; no T-shirts, tank tops or jeans; soft spikes only
- **Shuttle Bus:** None; taxi ~10 min from Shinano-Oiwake Station, ~20 min from Sakudaira Station
- **Rental Clubs:** Available
- **Practice Range:** 250-yard driving range, 15 bays

## About the course

Grandee Karuizawa Golf Club's Morizumi Course sits in Miyota, just west of the famous summer resort of Karuizawa in Nagano. Opened in 1995 and designed by Toshiro Otake, it is an 18-hole, par-72 layout stretching 6,847 yards from the back tees, with a course rating of 72.4. The terrain is gently rolling rather than severe, with moderate elevation changes, bent greens and GPS-equipped carts. Its pedigree is real: it hosted the JLPGA's Resort Trust Ladies from 2010 to 2012.

### A tournament-tested course in cool mountain air, _open only in the green months._

Like much highland golf in Japan, the course closes for winter from early December to late March, so plan for spring through autumn, when the Karuizawa plateau offers relief from the summer heat and vivid colour in the fall. Karuizawa itself is a natural base, with its outlet shopping, forest walks, cafés and hot-spring hotels, while the active volcano Mt. Asama towers over the area. Getting there is easy from Tokyo: the Hokuriku Shinkansen reaches Karuizawa and Sakudaira stations, and the course is about 20–30 minutes by taxi from either, or roughly 10 minutes from Shinano-Oiwake Station on the Shinano Railway. Caddies can be requested after booking, and there is a 250-yard practice range for warming up.

## Play here

- **Request a tee time:** https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/grandee-karuizawa-golf-club-morizumi-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.
