Mountain golf with Mt. Fuji on the horizon

Olympic National Golf Club Sakawa Course lies in the green hills of Yamakita in western Kanagawa, close to the Shizuoka border. Opened in 1984 and known for years as River Sakawa Golf Club, it took its current name in 2022, and its layout and clubhouse were renovated with work completed in 2024. The par-72, 18-hole course measures 6,983 yards and follows the natural contours of the mountainside, giving every hole its own character, from the valley-crossing par-3 9th to the long closing 18th.

Strategic mountain holes on bent greens, framed by views of Mt. Fuji.

Play is self-service in GPS-equipped riding carts, and the refreshed wood-accented clubhouse has an open-atrium restaurant for lunch between nines. Getting here is easy by train: take the JR Gotemba Line to Taniga Station, where the club's reservation-only shuttle bus meets morning arrivals, or drive about 25 minutes from the Oi-Matsuda interchange on the Tomei Expressway. The location makes the course a natural fit for a trip toward Hakone and Gotemba, with hot-spring inns, lakes and outlet shopping all within easy reach, and spring wisteria and azaleas brightening the course itself.