TOKYO KOKUSAI COUNTRY CLUB
🇯🇵 Machida, Tokyo, JP
Designed by Shiro Akaboshi
Tokyo Kokusai Country Club occupies rolling terrain in Machida, a city in western Tokyo that borders Kanagawa Prefecture. Shiro Akaboshi designed the course, contributing to Japan's post-war golf development during a period when the sport expanded rapidly across the country. The layout takes advantage of natural elevation changes characteristic of the Tama Hills region, where many of Tokyo's suburban courses were established as the city grew outward in the latter half of the twentieth century.
The course reflects design principles common to Japanese golf of its era, with strategic bunkering and green complexes that reward precision over distance. The property's topography creates variety in hole character, with some holes playing across slopes and others following ridgelines or valley floors. Mature trees frame fairways and define playing corridors, typical of courses that have matured over several decades in this densely forested region.
Tokyo Kokusai serves a membership drawn from the western Tokyo metropolitan area, providing access to golf within reasonable distance of the city center. The club maintains traditional Japanese country club standards in course conditioning and member services. Like many courses in the greater Tokyo region, it operates within a landscape where golf facilities coexist with suburban development, offering recreational space in one of the world's most densely populated metropolitan areas. The course provides a representative example of mid-century Japanese golf architecture adapted to the region's natural terrain.
FAQ
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Tokyo Kokusai was designed by Shiro Akaboshi.
Yes. Tokyo Kokusai at Tokyo Kokusai Country Club is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at Tokyo Kokusai is 72.
Tokyo Kokusai plays 6,615 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
Tokyo Kokusai is a 18-hole course.