# Trial Golf & Resort Minamiaso Course

> Mt. Aso views from every hole

Golf course in Kumamoto. Book through Play Golf Tokyo: https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/trial-golf-resort-minamiaso-course

## Facts

- **Region:** Kumamoto
- **Address:** 5254, Kain, Minamiaso-mura, Aso-gun Kumamoto 869-1411
- **Access:** ~35 min by car from kumamoto airport
- **Holes / par:** 18 / 72
- **Length:** 6,876 yards (back tees) yards
- **Designer:** Masaru Tobari
- **Established:** 1995
- **Official website:** http://www.minamiaso-cc.jp/
- **Tags:** Kumamoto, 18 Holes, High Elevation, Volcanic Landscape, Mountain Views, Forest, Water Hazards, Public Course, Visitors Welcome, Caddie Available, Self-Play Carts

## Good to know

- **Carts:** Riding carts with GPS, fairway access (weather permitting)
- **Caddie:** Optional
- **Greens:** Bent, one green per hole
- **Dress Code:** Jacket requested on arrival (except June–September); no jeans, T-shirts or sandals in the clubhouse; soft spikes only
- **Closed Days:** Open year-round
- **Rental Clubs:** Available
- **Practice Range:** Short range (about 10–15 yards, 6–7 bays)

## About the course

High on the southern flank of the Aso caldera, about 470 metres above sea level, the Minamiaso Course opened in 1995 as Minamiaso Country Club and is now run by Trial Golf & Resort. The 18-hole, par-72 layout, designed by Masaru Tobari, measures 6,876 yards from the back tees. Cedar groves separate wide fairways, ponds come into play early on the front nine, and the bentgrass greens have gentle, readable contours. Above all, the Aso mountains are in view from every hole.

### Wide fairways, cool upland air, _and a volcano on the skyline at every tee._

This is a relaxed, visitor-friendly public course where you choose between caddie and self-play, with GPS riding carts that can usually head onto the fairways. The altitude keeps summer rounds pleasantly cool, and autumn colours the surrounding forest. Minamiaso is hot-spring country, with onsen inns and resort hotels close by, and the wider Aso area offers the crater lookouts, grassy Kusasenri plains and spring-fed waters that make it one of Kyushu's great road trips. Most golfers drive: the club is roughly 35 minutes from the Mashiki Kumamoto Airport interchange, making it an easy first or last stop on a Kyushu itinerary. By rail, take the Minami-Aso Railway to Aso-Shimoda-jo Fureai Onsen Station and a short taxi ride.

## Play here

- **Request a tee time:** https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/trial-golf-resort-minamiaso-course#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.