Japan’s Golf Boom & Bust

Primary Source Exercise:

Find one article or interview from a Japanese or international publication discussing the Japanese golf boom of the 1980s or its collapse in the 1990s. In 3-4 sentences, summarize what the source reveals about the relationship between golf and Japanese economic culture during this period.

Parent-Teacher Note:

The Japanese golf story is a rich intersection of sports history, economic history, and cultural history. If your student is interested in economics, the golf club membership bubble of the 1980s is a genuinely fascinating case study in asset bubbles and their collapse — directly parallel to other economic phenomena they may have studied or will study.