# Higo Sun Valley Country Club

Golf course in Kumamoto. Book through Play Golf Tokyo: https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/higo-sun-valley-country-club

## Facts

- **Region:** Kumamoto
- **Address:** 3415, Toriko, Nishihara-mura, Aso-gun Kumamoto 861-2401
- **Access:** ~15 min by car from kumamoto airport
- **Type:** volcanic
- **Holes / par:** 18 / 72
- **Course rating:** 72.8
- **Length:** B-6,936, R-6,537 yards
- **Established:** 1975
- **Official website:** http://www.higocc.jp/
- **Tags:** Kumamoto, 18 Holes, Hilly Course, Parkland, Volcanic Landscape, Mountain Views, Onsen Nearby, Caddie Available, Self-Play Carts, Water Hazards

## Good to know

- **Carts:** Riding carts
- **Caddie:** Optional (caddie or self-play)
- **Greens:** Bent
- **Closed Days:** December 31 and January 1
- **Practice Range:** 260-yard range, 14 bays

## About the course

Higo Country Club occupies prime territory in the Aso volcanic region of Kumamoto Prefecture, set in the mountain village of Nishihara among the highland pastures and lava fields that surround one of the world's largest active calderas. Established in 1975, the course makes full use of the dramatic Aso landscape, with fairways that play against a backdrop of volcanic peaks and a natural colour palette unlike anything found on conventional parkland courses. The dark volcanic soil, vivid green turf, and panoramic mountain views create an atmosphere that is distinctly and unmistakably Kyushu.

### At the foot of the Aso caldera, 18 holes of volcanic highland golf: _Higo is Kumamoto golf at its most dramatic._

The course rating of 72.1 places it in properly challenging territory, and the highland altitude adds an element of wind exposure that lowland courses simply cannot replicate. Nishihara village sits inside the Aso caldera itself, meaning the journey to the course is as spectacular as the round. After play, the nearby Aso hot spring villages of Kurokawa and Uchino Maki offer some of Japan's most celebrated onsen bathing, making Higo Country Club the ideal centrepiece of a full Aso touring itinerary.

## Play here

- **Request a tee time:** https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/higo-sun-valley-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.