# Tanegashima Golf Resort

> Overlooks the rocket launch site and Pacific

Golf course in Kagoshima. Book through Play Golf Tokyo: https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/tanegashima-golf-resort

## Facts

- **Region:** Kagoshima
- **Address:** 2810, Masuda, Nakatane-cho, Kumage-gun Kagoshima 891-3603
- **Access:** ~10 min by car from tanegashima airport
- **Type:** resort
- **Holes / par:** 18 / 72
- **Course rating:** 73.6
- **Length:** 7,024 yards (back tees) yards
- **Designer:** Karl Litton
- **Established:** 1991
- **Official website:** https://tanegashimagolf.iwasakihotels.com/golf/
- **Tags:** Kagoshima, 18 Holes, Golf Resort, Hilly Course, Ocean View, Water Hazards, Visitors Welcome, On-Site Lodging, Self-Play Carts, Caddie Available, Hidden Gems

## Good to know

- **Bath:** Clubhouse bath with large windows over the course
- **Carts:** Remote-controlled riding carts
- **Caddie:** Self-play standard; caddie on some plans
- **Greens:** Bent, about half two-tiered
- **Lodging:** Hotel rooms attached to the clubhouse; stay-and-play plans
- **Dress Code:** Jacket requested in clubhouse except June–September; no jeans, T-shirts or sandals; soft spikes only
- **Practice Range:** 300-yard grass range, 15 bays

## About the course

Tanegashima Golf Resort lies in Nakatane on Tanegashima, the long, green island south of Kagoshima best known as home to Japan’s rocket launch center. Opened on August 1, 1991 to a design by Karl Litton, the 18-hole, par-72 course stretches to 7,024 yards over gently rolling hills close to the Pacific. Fairways are generous, but the inward nine is full of doglegs that demand accuracy, water comes into play on the 2nd, 7th and 18th, and 66 sand bunkers and 50 grass bunkers guard the way. It is often described as Japan’s southernmost all-bent-grass course, and about half its greens are two-tiered.

### Ocean breezes on every tee, _and a front-row seat for rocket launches._

The club calls the 16th and 18th holes the best rocket-viewing spots on the island, and the clubhouse bath looks out over the course. Rooms attached to the clubhouse make it a true stay-and-play resort, with a 300-yard grass practice range for warm-ups. Off the course, Tanegashima rewards a few days’ exploring: the Tanegashima Space Center, surf beaches, and the island’s place in history as the arrival point of the first firearms in Japan. The course is about 10 minutes by taxi from Tanegashima Airport, with flights from Kagoshima, or around 40 minutes from Nishinoomote Port, served by fast ferries.

## Play here

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