In Japan, golf is EXTREMELY expensive. A round at a normal course would cost on average $150US on the weekend. On the weekdays, it is much cheaper at around $80US. They truly make it into a luxury sport here where you have golf carts that follows a track by itself and can be remotely controlled to stop and start. Almost all courses make you play 9 holes have lunch and then go for the other 9. You can ofcourse ask for caddies which takes your club to and from the cart (cart is stuck on a path and cannot be driven on the grass) and look for your balls etc.

As with all courses here in Japan, they are out in the moutains and you have to drive there which takes over an hour easily. Highway toll costs are also very expensive here. All in all, the average cost to play golf here would probably be $200 per day! It is truly a whole day event.

The above would be a person who is not a member. However, being a member is not what you guys would think either. Here you pay a ridiculous sum of money to join, then you have a yearly fee which is not so bad. But here comes the surprise. You still have to pay EVERY TIME you play but at a discounted price (maybe half).

You guys do not know how lucky you guys are. Being member and being able to play anytime you want. Luckily for me, I know someone living in Nagano who owns a golf course and I can go play there when I head there. The only problem is, to get to Nagano from Tokyo would cost $150US for a return trip by the bullet train anyway....