Hot Springs and Wooded Fairways below the Adatara Hills

Otama Country Club is in the village of Otama in central Fukushima. It opened in April 1993 to a design by Yasushi Katayama and was previously called Otama TAIGA Country Club. The club has 27 holes in three nines, East, Naka and West, for a par of 108. The courses run through wooded, rolling ground with moderate slopes. The East nine is mostly flat, and the Naka nine is flat apart from its second hole. The West nine feels more expansive and opens with a tee shot over a valley, with a pond and creek in play.

Play a full day on 27 holes, then soak in the natural hot spring and stay the night.

Play is in riding carts, with caddies available on request, and the bent greens use one green per hole. After the round you can relax in the large natural-onsen bath. A hotel on site offers stay-and-play packages, so Otama works well as an overnight golf trip from Tokyo. The Tohoku Shinkansen reaches Koriyama in about 90 minutes from Ueno, and a club bus runs from Koriyama Station by reservation. Drivers can leave the Tohoku Expressway at Motomiya IC, about 13 km away. Mt. Adatara and the Dake Onsen hot-spring village are nearby, and the hills are especially beautiful in autumn.