Sahoro Country Club (Left)

Overview: Sahoro Country Club is a forest course in the Tokachi Sahoro resort area, set around the Karikachi Pass landscape. The current resort describes it as an active seasonal course, while the official course material records 18 holes, par 72 and 6,928 yards. Ponds and streams are used as natural hazards, and the plateau setting brings wind into play alongside the white birch and native forest. Isamu Doi is listed as designer in current course information, giving the layout a specific architectural attribution rather than leaving it as an anonymous resort round.

History: The current course profile dates the club to 1975, and its identity has developed as part of the Tokachi Sahoro resort rather than as a city golf course. The resort continues to operate the course as a seasonal summer attraction, with the official site publishing current operating information and the course PDF describing the relationship between the clubhouse, forest and two loops of nine. The destination setting is therefore part of the club’s history: Sahoro’s golf offer grew alongside the wider mountain resort.

Did You Know? The official course notes describe Sahoro as having one of Hokkaido’s largest concentrations of natural hazards, including ponds and streams. Three holes give the idea a concrete shape. The third is framed by four white birch trees, the seventh narrows before a bunker-guarded green, and the 17th slopes across the fairway with a fast side-to-side green. The details make the course’s identity much clearer than simply calling it scenic.