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Great photos Yasu-san. Count me in next time you go up there. The view is really great.

Thanks for the great photos of Fuji Yasu!

That course looks pretty flat and not too much OB. Apart from the frozen greens, how was it?

What I really liked about the course is the judicious use of mature trees to protect shortcut to greens that really challenges you.
If too ambitious and can't carry over the trees , the course is very well manucured and it's easy to locate ball.
Trees are not that dense so you can get an angle for a safe (or so) shoot back to the fairway.
I'ts a really nice & enjoyable course, would come back any time.

Can't thanks Yasu-san enough for organizing this event!

The holes separated lightly by pines, adds to the feeling of openness and the grass on the fairway, as can be seen in the pictures, are naturally green and not tinted like most courses around Tokyo. It's a cool season grass and unlike domestic Korai, will slice a large clean divot and along with the elevation of 1000m+ where your ball will travel extra yards all adds to your imagination and ego.
You need to calculate where you place your shot or else with the grain of the fairway grass and slight slope of Mt.Fuji you'll see your shot rolling into the fairway bunkers or worse. Also without the proper knowledge or guidance, the greens can turn into a nightmare. In short, you'll see it pays to hire a caddy.

It was a great day and thanks Yasu for organizing the trip.
I think I will save up some money so I can play this course during the summer...

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Grant....There were plenty of OB's...I think we all hit from the forward four tees at least once.

Yasu...thanks for setting up the round...would love to see how the greens play when they aren't frozen.

Or a 2nd shot from fairway bunker landing on the green ...
... then bouncing like a superball to the OB area