# North Shore Country Club

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

## Facts

- **Region:** Ibaraki
- **Address:** 2423 Yamada, Namegata-shi Ibaraki 311-1704
- **Access:** ~90 min by car from tokyo station
- **Type:** parkland
- **Holes / par:** 18 / 72
- **Course rating:** 73.9
- **Length:** C-7,213, B-6,825, R-6,430, F-6,208, L-5,812 yards
- **Designer:** Tsuneo Tanaka (remodel: Tazo Kawata)
- **Established:** 1991 (Opened October 10, 1991)
- **Official website:** https://nscc.golftk.com/
- **Tags:** Ibaraki, 18 Holes, Links Style, Lake View, Championship Course, Caddie Available, Visitors Welcome

## Good to know

- **Carts:** Riding carts with GPS navigation
- **Caddie:** Optional, request by phone after booking
- **Greens:** Bent
- **Closed Days:** Mondays, December 31 and January 1
- **Shuttle Bus:** No club bus; taxi about 40 minutes from JR Ishioka Station
- **Rental Clubs:** Available (rental shoes too)
- **Practice Range:** 250-yard driving range, 18 bays, plus free approach and bunker practice areas

## About the course

North Shore Country Club lies on the western side of Lake Kitaura in Namegata, part of Ibaraki's Suigo lake-and-river country. Opened in 1991 and designed by Tsuneo Tanaka, it is an 18-hole, par-72 championship layout stretching to more than 7,200 yards from the back tees. The club describes it as a natural, links-style course set mostly in open grassland, with relatively few fairway bunkers but punishing rough, bentgrass greens and a back nine with more variety. Breezes off the lake are a constant factor, and short holes such as the 13th can play very differently into a north wind.

### Few bunkers, plenty of breeze, _and a lake that shapes every shot._

It is a strong choice for golfers who like a long, honest test, with a 250-yard range and free short-game areas to warm up on and caddies available on request. The surrounding Suigo region is known for its lakes, canals and lotus fields; Itako's iris gardens and boat rides are a classic early-summer outing, and Kashima Shrine, one of Japan's oldest, is within driving distance. By car the course is about 25 minutes from the Itako interchange on the Higashi-Kanto Expressway; by train, take the JR Joban Line to Ishioka and then a taxi of about 40 minutes.

## Play here

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