A highland course with its own hot spring

Izu-Yugashima Club Hotel & Resort sits in the hills above Yugashima in central Izu, where golf and an onsen hotel share one site. The 18-hole, par-72 course opened in May 1986. It was designed by Toshisada Ochiai, and the club calls it a grand highland course that makes the most of the land's natural shape. Cedar, cypress, pine and azalea frame the holes, along with cherry and maple trees that change through the seasons. Every hole has two bentgrass greens, and play is self-service in riding carts.

Play eighteen in the Izu highlands, then soak in the resort's own spring.

The appeal here is the full stay. The 59-room hotel draws on its own hot spring, with indoor and outdoor baths, a cypress sauna, and hot-spring water in every guest room. Spring brings cherry blossom and autumn brings maple colour to the fairways. Yugashima is in the Amagi area of Izu, and the old temple town of Shuzenji is a short drive away. From Tokyo, take the shinkansen to Mishima (about 55 minutes), then the Izu-Hakone Railway to Shuzenji. Hotel guests can book the club shuttle from Shuzenji Station. Drivers should allow about 45 minutes from the Numazu or Nagaizumi-Numazu interchanges.