# Olympic National Golf Club Sakawa Course

Golf course in Kanagawa. Book through Play Golf Tokyo: https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/olympic-national-golf-club-sakawa-course

## Facts

- **Region:** Kanagawa
- **Address:** 1096-1 Toriya, Yaga, Yamakita-machi, Ashigarakami-gun Kanagawa 258-0115
- **Access:** ~80 min by car from tokyo station
- **Type:** mountain
- **Holes / par:** 18 / 72
- **Length:** 6,983 yds yards
- **Designer:** Mitsui Kensetsu
- **Established:** 1984
- **Official website:** https://www.olympicnational-sakawa.jp/
- **Tags:** Kanagawa, 18 Holes, Mountain, Hilly Course, Mt. Fuji View, Near Tokyo, Train Accessible, Visitors Welcome, Self-Play Carts

## Good to know

- **Carts:** Remote-control riding carts with GPS navigation
- **Caddie:** Self-play only
- **Greens:** Bent
- **Dress Code:** Collared shirts tucked in; no jeans, T-shirts or sandals on arrival and departure
- **Closed Days:** Irregular
- **Shuttle Bus:** From JR Taniga Station (Gotemba Line), reservation required; last return 16:15, not available for tee times after 9:00
- **Rental Clubs:** Clubs and shoes available
- **Practice Range:** Practice nets and putting green only

## About the course

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.

## Play here

- **Request a tee time:** https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/olympic-national-golf-club-sakawa-course#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.