# Kokusai Sakura Golf Club

Golf course in Ibaraki. Book through Play Golf Tokyo: https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/kokusai-sakura-golf-club

## Facts

- **Region:** Ibaraki
- **Address:** 1148 Okaiide, Inashiki-shi Ibaraki 300-0633
- **Access:** ~75 min by car from tokyo station
- **Type:** forest
- **Holes / par:** 27 / 108
- **Course rating:** 72.1
- **Length:** 10,096 (27 holes, regular) yards
- **Designer:** Nihon Ryokka Doboku (original 18 holes supervised by the Kanto PGA)
- **Established:** 1969 (Opened November 3, 1969)
- **Official website:** http://www.sakurasgo.com/
- **Tags:** Ibaraki, 27 Holes, Forest, Hilly Course, Lake View, Visitors Welcome, Self-Play Carts, Near Tokyo

## Good to know

- **Bath:** Bath available
- **Carts:** Self-drive riding carts
- **Caddie:** Self-play only
- **Greens:** Bent
- **Booking:** Formerly Sakura Golf Club (renamed 2007); visitors welcome
- **Dress Code:** Jacket required except June–September; no jeans or sandals
- **Shuttle Bus:** Reservation shuttle from Ōya bus stop (JR bus from Tsuchiura Station); taxi from Tsuchiura about 35–40 minutes
- **Practice Range:** No

## About the course

Kokusai Sakura Golf Club spreads across a gently rolling plateau in Inashiki, southern Ibaraki, looking out toward Lake Kasumigaura, Japan's second-largest lake. The club opened in 1969 and today offers 27 holes in three nines, East, South and West, with par 36 on each. Its original 18 holes, laid out under the supervision of the Kanto PGA, are known for their variety: doglegs bending both ways, tree-lined corridors and undulating bent greens that reward careful approach play rather than brute force.

### Three nines to mix and match, _with the lake country spread out around you._

Rounds are self-play in riding carts, and a bath waits back at the clubhouse. The countryside around Kasumigaura is famous for lotus root fields and freshwater fish, and the area makes an easy pairing with Tsuchiura's lakeside cycling routes or a visit to the giant Ushiku Daibutsu, one of the tallest statues in the world. From Tokyo, drive the Joban Expressway to Sakura-Tsuchiura IC, about 10 km from the gate, or take the JR Joban Line to Tsuchiura Station and continue by taxi.

## Play here

- **Request a tee time:** https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/kokusai-sakura-golf-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.