Tohoku
The region is comprised of six prefectures located in the north-east of Honshu the biggest island of Japan is Tohoku is the largest island in Japan. Tohoku region is rather remote and mountainous area that covers about 25 thousand square miles. There is an estimated population of nine million inhabitants.It was in this region that was the most impacted by the tsunami and earthquake which struck the area on March 11, 2011. The epicentre was being located about forty miles to the to the east from to the Oshika Peninsula of Tohoku. More than ten thousand people were killed when the wall of water submerged them and caused severe destruction on Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant will take a number of years to fix.
Bonari Kogen
Tohoku, Japan
Bonari Kogen
The sixth and final Japanese golf project from Ron Fream of Golfplan in the 1990s, the course at Bonari Kogen Golf Club occupies a spectacular location in the foothills of the Azuma Mountain Range.
Grandee Nasu Shirakawa (South & West)
Tohoku, Japan
Grandee Nasu Shirakawa (South & West)
Robert Trent Jones Jr. designed all 36 holes at Grandee Nasu Shirakawa Golf Club in 1995. The Nasu Mountains provide a magnificent backcloth to a challenging course that has hosted the Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open on the Japan Golf Tour since 2014.
Natsudomari
Tohoku, Japan
Natsudomari
Established in 1992, Natsudomari Golf Links lies at the northern end of a peninsula that protrudes into Matsu Bay in Aomori Prefecture. In truth, the course is more seaside than links in nature but don’t expect local golfers to argue about the difference.