# Rose Golf Club

> Shiga's first 18-hole LED night golf

Golf course in Shiga. Book through Play Golf Tokyo: https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/rose-golf-club

## Facts

- **Region:** Shiga
- **Address:** Nagano, Shigaraki-cho, Koka-shi Shiga 529-1851
- **Access:** ~60 min by car from kyoto station
- **Holes / par:** 18 / 72
- **Course rating:** 72.3
- **Length:** 6,879 yards yards
- **Designer:** Seizo Tomizawa
- **Established:** 1974 (Opened October 20, 1974)
- **Official website:** https://www.rose-golfclub.com/
- **Tags:** Shiga, 18 Holes, Hilly Course, Public Course, Visitors Welcome, Night Golf, Self-Play Carts, Cherry Blossoms, Autumn Foliage, Near Kyoto

## Good to know

- **Bath:** Men's bath with Shigaraki-ware pot bath; showers for women
- **Carts:** Remote-control riding carts with GPS navigation, cooling units and seat heaters
- **Greens:** Bent
- **Lodging:** Glamping at the club's sister facility THE ROSE VILLAGE in Shigaraki
- **Dress Code:** Jacket required except June–September; no T-shirts, jeans, jerseys, sandals or sneakers
- **Closed Days:** January 1
- **Rental Clubs:** Available (rental shoes too)
- **Practice Range:** 270-yard driving range, 16 bays, plus approach and bunker practice

## About the course

Set on the gently rolling Shigaraki Highlands of Koka, Shiga, Rose Golf Club opened in October 1974 to a design by Seizo Tomizawa. This public par-72 layout stretches to 6,879 yards, with wide fairways, little elevation change and two par fives of more than 600 yards that reward a big drive. Woodland birds such as pheasants, kingfishers and cuckoos are frequent companions, and the club is listed among Japan's bird-friendly golf courses. Its most striking twist: all 18 holes are lit by LEDs for night golf, a first in Shiga.

### Two holes beyond 600 yards by day, _and the whole course under lights by night._

Spring brings cherry blossoms and camellias, and autumn paints the hills in foliage, while the clubhouse adds a pot bath made from local Shigaraki ware, a relaxed restaurant and lunchtime barbecue plans. Shigaraki itself is one of Japan's six ancient kilns, famous for its tanuki figures and pottery studios, so a round pairs naturally with an afternoon among the kilns. Carts come with GPS navigation and a 270-yard range lets you warm up. The course is about seven minutes from the Shin-Meishin Expressway's Shigaraki interchange, making it an easy drive from Kyoto; for an overnight stay, the club's sister glamping site, THE ROSE VILLAGE, is nearby.

## Play here

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