Taiheiyo Club Gotemba West course is quite simply a gem. Some twelve years after Shunsuke Kato designed the Taiheiyo Gotemba course, this beauty opened its gates. “Gotemba Lite” is the best way to describe the course as it cuts through the same beautiful Japanese cedars and sits just a few hundred yards away from its older and more famous sibling.

If you are traveling to Japan and playing golf, both Taiheiyo Club courses in Gotemba should be at the top of your list. The Gotemba West property has a newly renovated, 23 room boutique hotel that is the perfect location to stay while playing both courses. One of the questions I am often asked is to suggest the best mode of transport to get to Gotemba so I decided to share all of the options.