Sapporo Kita Hiroshima Golf Club (East)

Overview: The East Course at Sapporo Kita Hiroshima Golf Club is one of three 18-hole routings in a large 54-hole facility near Sapporo. The current PGM layout lists 6,428 yards from the blue tees and par 72. Its woodland setting and natural undulations create a course that can feel more demanding than the yardage suggests: the lie, the tree line and the correct side of the fairway all influence how much of the green is available for the next shot.

History: The club opened in 1976 and grew into a major golf destination in Kitahiroshima. The city describes the facility as 54 holes on naturally undulating ground, while the current operator publishes separate East, South and West layouts. Public sources disagree over the architect attribution, so this profile leaves that field unfilled. That is deliberate: the course's opening and current routing are well supported, but a disputed designer should not be turned into a false certainty.

Did You Know? East is the shortest of the three published blue-tee routings at 6,428 yards, but the natural rises and wooded edges keep position important. The course's interest comes from how those modest elevations alter the lie and the angle into the green, a playing-character detail that distinguishes a Hokkaido woodland round from a flat parkland layout.