Yokohama Country & Athletic Club in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | Sports Club

Welcome to the Yokohama Country & Athletic Club, Japan. In 1868, just as Japan was being opened up to foreign trade, a small group of English merchants formed Japan's first cricket team, calling it the Yokohama Cricket Club. Located where the Yokohama Stadium now stands, the Club flourished. It was eventually moved to its present location in 1912. Some years later, following a merger with the Union Club, the name was changed to the Yokohama Country & Athletic Club. Throughout the years, Yokohama Country & Athletic Club has continued to expand and is now a full scale Sports Club boasting almost 40 nationalities amongst its members and offering one of the most extensive sports and leisure complexes to be found in Japan.The Yokohama Country & Athletic Club is located in Yokohama only thirty minutes from central Tokyo by car or train. The Sports Club offers a very comprehensive array of sporting facilities and programmes. The Yokohama Country & Athletic Club in Yokohama, Japan, a place where friends, families, sportsmen and women alike, can relax and enjoy the friendliest Sports Club in Japan. If you're travelling to Japan on business or pleasure, please pay us a visit where you will receive a warm welcome at this action-packed Sports Club. There is a wide variety of sporting programmes on offer at the Yokohama Country and Athletic Club. Choose from a whole host of outdoor sports, or a full selection of indoor recreational pursuits; there is something to suit everybody's taste. Each sports committee organises its own regularly-scheduled programmes and competitive games. All sports are included in the cost of your membership. It is important to note here that there are no hidden charges involved with any of these sports, except for private instruction. Sports uniforms can be purchased at cost from the front desk, or rented if you will be playing infrequently.