# Taiheiyo Club Shirakawa Resort

Golf course in Fukushima. Book through Play Golf Tokyo: https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/taiheiyo-club-shirakawa-resort

## Facts

- **Region:** Fukushima
- **Address:** Hatoriko-kogen, Ten-ei-mura, Iwase-gun Fukushima 962-0622
- **Access:** ~2 hr by Shinkansen + taxi from tokyo station
- **Type:** mountain
- **Holes / par:** 18 / 72
- **Course rating:** 72.1
- **Length:** Back 6,777 / Regular 6,470 / Ladies 5,443 yards yards
- **Designer:** Akira Hotchi (renovated by Norio Homma)
- **Established:** 1974
- **Official website:** https://www.taiheiyoclub.co.jp/course/shirakawa/index.html
- **Tags:** Fukushima, 18 Holes, High Elevation, Forest, Flat Course, Golf Resort, Mountain Views, Autumn Foliage, On-Site Lodging, Train Accessible, Private Course, Taiheiyo Club Group

## Good to know

- **Carts:** Riding carts
- **Season:** Open roughly early April to late November
- **Booking:** Visitors need a member's introduction
- **Lodging:** Hotel attached to the clubhouse (Japanese and Western rooms)
- **Shuttle Bus:** From JR Shin-Shirakawa Station, reservation needed (min. 2 people)
- **Practice Range:** Driving range, putting green and approach area

## About the course

Taiheiyo Club Shirakawa Resort sits on the Hatori Lake highlands of Ten-ei village in Fukushima, at around 950 metres one of the highest golf settings in the Tohoku region. Opened in May 1974 to a design by Akira Hotchi and later refined by Norio Homma, the par-72 eighteen spreads across a remarkably flat plateau, each fairway framed by white birch and larch. From the back tees it stretches to 6,777 yards, and on the 12th hole Mount Futamata rises straight ahead of the tee.

### Crisp mountain air by day and starry skies by night, _with a hotel right at the clubhouse._

This is a true stay-and-play retreat: the hotel attached to the clubhouse offers Japanese-modern, Western and tatami rooms, and dinners feature local vegetables and river fish. The season runs from spring greenery through blazing autumn foliage, while the cool altitude makes it a welcome escape from summer heat. Shirakawa and the Aizu region's onsen towns are within reach for a longer trip. Take the Tohoku Shinkansen to Shin-Shirakawa (about 80 minutes from Tokyo), then the club bus (reservation required) or a 30-minute taxi; drivers leave the Tohoku Expressway at Shirakawa IC, about 30 minutes away. As with other Taiheiyo Club courses, guests play on a member's introduction.

## Play here

- **Request a tee time:** https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/taiheiyo-club-shirakawa-resort#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.