# Spa & Golf Resort Kuji

> Onsen hotel and golf villas on site

Golf course in Ibaraki. Book through Play Golf Tokyo: https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/spa-golf-resort-kuji

## Facts

- **Region:** Ibaraki
- **Address:** 1398 Iwate-cho, Joban-Oota-shi Ibaraki 313-0112
- **Access:** ~120 min by car from tokyo station
- **Type:** resort
- **Holes / par:** 18 / 72
- **Course rating:** 71.8
- **Length:** 6,732 yards (Out 3,235, In 3,497) yards
- **Designer:** Ginjiro Nakabe (supervision)
- **Established:** 1990
- **Tags:** Ibaraki, 18 Holes, Golf Resort, Hilly Course, Onsen, On-Site Lodging, Caddie Available, Self-Play Carts, Train Accessible, Visitors Welcome

## Good to know

- **Bath:** Natural hot spring from 1,200 m underground, open-air rock bath, sauna
- **Carts:** Riding carts (4-seat and 2-seat)
- **Caddie:** Optional
- **Greens:** Bent, one green per hole
- **Lodging:** Hotel and golf villas on site
- **Dress Code:** Neat attire; hat recommended
- **Shuttle Bus:** Free shuttle for overnight guests from JR Katsuta or Hitachi-Omiya Station, reservation needed
- **Rental Clubs:** Available (men's and ladies')
- **Practice Range:** 14 bays, 200 yards, floodlit; approach and bunker practice areas

## About the course

Spa & Golf Resort Kuji sits in the quiet hills of Hitachiota in northern Ibaraki, a true stay-and-play retreat with a hotel, golf villas and its own natural hot spring. The course opened in July 1990 under the supervision of Ginjiro Nakabe and plays 18 holes, par 72, over 6,732 yards. It is a traditional hilly layout with generous fairways averaging around 80 yards wide and relatively few bunkers, but out-of-bounds lines run along both sides of many holes, so placement matters more than power. One bentgrass green per hole keeps the putting surfaces large and true.

### Play the hills by day, _then sink into a spring drawn from 1,200 metres down._

The hot spring is the heart of the place: water from deep underground fills an open-air rock bath, and dinner at the hotel features local ingredients. Hitachiota is rural Ibaraki at its most relaxed, with the Kuji River valley, the Ryujin Gorge and its suspension bridge famous for autumn colours, and Fukuroda Falls within reach. By car, the resort is within 15 km of Naka IC on the Joban Expressway. Overnight guests can book a free shuttle from JR Katsuta Station on the Joban Line or Hitachi-Omiya Station on the Suigun Line.

## Play here

- **Request a tee time:** https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/spa-golf-resort-kuji#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.