Japan 2026

Konnichiwa Golfers

The popularity for travelling to Japan is booming and PaR nz Golfing Holidays is thrilled to be back there again on tour in 2026. We hope we can tempt you to join us.

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Our 15-day fully guided Golf Tour of Japan from 1 – 15 April 2026 is timed to capture the spring splendour of the iconic ‘Sakura’ or cherry blossoms which blanket the country fleetingly for only a few weeks of the year. Did you know over 60 million tourists visit Japan specifically for this wonder in nature. For the Japanese, it’s a very special time as the cherry blossom symbolises renewal and hope! 

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This luxury golf tour of Japan offers a wonderful introduction to the Japanese history, their artful and delicious cuisine, traditional culture and obsession with futuristic automation. It certainly ‘ticks off’ a number of 'must do's' on a visit to Japan. We travel to four cities, starting in Tokyo to Hakone (Mt Fuji) to Fukuroi and finishing in Kobe.

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There are over 2,300 golf courses in Japan? All are member courses, many exclusively private and complex to gain entry to. But working with PaR nz’s Japanese golfing network, we have gained invitations to play on eight championship golf courses, two in each city. The courses offer different challenges from world class architects, amazing clubhouses with natural mineral spas (‘onsen’) and course panoramas. 

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Playing golf in Japan will be a unique experience. Japanese customs, while different from the West, only enhance the playing of this great game!    Japan is a country passionate about golf. The sport is so popular it ranks just behind baseball. Japanese golfers  on the PGA and LPGA Tours are household names and major  celebrities.

 

Introduced to golf by the British back in 1901, Japan boasts  more courses than Scotland and is third behind the USA and  Canada! Golf courses in Japan are often far above international  standards and nowhere else in the world can you find lavish facilities in such staggering numbers.  Virtually every famous course designer has played a part  in creating a variety of great courses while the attention to  detail and strict management ensures they are immaculately groomed and maintained. The Japanese are also proud of their four seasons, which can be quite extreme in terms of weather conditions. This is why many Japanese courses have a summer (green) and winter (yellow) look!

 

Golf in Japan was once reserved for the affluent upper class and has long been an intricate part of its business culture. Japan today is however welcoming golf tourists and opening its doors to a wider membership base and now has the second biggest golfing population in the world with about two million golfers!

 

Tokyo is one of the few cities in the world to stage an Olympic golf competition as the host of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games where our Lydia won a bronze medal. The host club for  the Olympics was Kasumigaseki Country Club, which is strictly a private member course but one we are offering our travellers for a pre-tour visit.

 

This is a special invitation with limited places for 2026 – our tours in 2024 and 2025 sold out within weeks and for next year in 2026 we expect the same expectation.  Yoroshiku & Arigato