Sea breezes and sunsets on Ise Bay

Wood Friends Nagoya Port Golf Club opened in October 2000 on reclaimed land at Tomihama in Yatomi, facing Ise Bay on the southwest edge of the Nagoya area. Designed by Tadashi Sato with supervision from tour professional Ikuyo Shiotani, it is an 18-hole, par-72 seaside links of 6,617 yards. The fairways are flat and out-of-bounds is rare, but the ever-changing sea wind, well-placed ponds and bunkers keep scoring honest, and the 18th green is guarded by both water and sand.

A public seaside links just 40 minutes from Nagoya Station, with the whole of Ise Bay as the backdrop.

This is one of the most relaxed and flexible rounds near Nagoya. Alongside standard 18-hole self-play rounds, the club offers early through-play starts, afternoon nine-hole plans, twilight nines with the bay glowing at sunset and even floodlit night golf, so it fits easily around sightseeing or a business trip. A restaurant looks out over the water, and the shop stocks brands you will not find in big golf stores. The course is minutes from the Wangan-Yatomi IC on the Isewangan Expressway, or about 20 minutes by taxi from Kintetsu Kanie Station. Nearby, Nagashima Resort offers Nagashima Spa Land, outlet shopping and the large Yuami-no-Shima hot-spring complex, an ideal way to round off a day by the bay.