World Lake Golf Club is located in Mitake, Gifu Prefecture, in central Japan. The course was designed by Tadashi Shimamura, a respected Japanese golf architect known for integrating natural topography and water features into his layouts. The club takes its name from the prominent lake that defines much of the property and plays a significant role in the course routing. The design reflects Shimamura's approach to working with the mountainous terrain characteristic of the Gifu region. The course makes strategic use of elevation changes and the lake setting to create variety across the eighteen holes. Water hazards and the surrounding landscape provide both aesthetic appeal and genuine strategic challenge, requiring golfers to navigate carefully around the lake's various configurations as it comes into play on multiple holes. World Lake serves the local golfing community in the Kiso Valley area and represents the type of quality regional course that emerged in Japan during the post-war golf development era. The membership-based club reflects traditional Japanese golf club culture, with attention to course conditioning and member amenities typical of established Japanese private clubs. The setting within Gifu's natural landscape, combined with Shimamura's design sensibility, creates a course experience rooted in the local topography rather than imposed upon it.