Life in Japan

Being so filled with people, one could be forgiven for thinking that Tokyo is not the best place to spoil a good walk, to paraphrase Mark Twain. However, there are many fantastic and world-class golf courses around the capital. Of course, there are many roof-top driving ranges where you can hammer balls into nets mere feet away, but there are also a vast range of top quality, well, ranges on which to work on your handicap just outside the city. Lakewood Golf Club Surrounded by Mt. Fuji, Hakone, and the Tanazawa mountain range, this prestigious club is considered a course not only for leisure but for business. So much so that the club claims that very few Japanese executives over the age of fifty have not trodden this 36 hole course. Cut from the mountainous forest by renowned golf course architect Theodore G. Robinson,  Lakewood Golf Club boasts fine cuisine and gracious hospitality. Distance from Tokyo: 75km Website:  https://www.lake-wood.co.jp/lakewood/ Sakawa Royal Golf Club Sakawa Royal Golf Club has around 3000 members, however, if you are not fortunate enough to be a member of this course with Mt Fuji views from nearly every hole, prices have recently been lowered, and they allow…