The North Course at Nagashima Country Club occupies rolling terrain in Inabe, located in northern Mie Prefecture near the border with Gifu. Designed by Hideyo Sugimoto, the course reflects the architect's approach to working with natural landforms while creating strategic variety across the routing. The property sits in a region known for its moderate elevation changes and forested landscapes, characteristics that inform the playing experience. Sugimoto's design incorporates the existing topography to create holes that move through varied terrain, with elevation shifts that affect both club selection and visual perspective. The routing takes advantage of natural features while establishing clear lines of play, a hallmark of mid-century Japanese course architecture that balanced aesthetic considerations with playability for members. The layout includes a mix of hole lengths and orientations that respond to prevailing winds and the property's contours. Nagashima Country Club operates as a membership facility serving the greater Nagoya metropolitan area, which lies approximately forty kilometers to the southeast. The club offers multiple courses on its property, with the North Course representing one component of a larger golf complex. The setting provides views of the surrounding Mie countryside, with the course positioned among the agricultural and forested lands characteristic of this part of central Japan.