Two pickleball venues open a week apart: a 20-court Izu resort and a single Tokyo court beside a golf lounge
Within five days of each other, Izu Resort Villa opened 20 pickleball courts at its Shizuoka resort and CopterOne opened a single indoor court beside its Tokyo golf lounge — two dedicated venues at opposite ends of the market, neither claiming more than its own numbers support.

Two dedicated pickleball venues opened in Japan within five days of each other this month, at opposite ends of the market — a 20-court complex inside a Shizuoka resort and a single indoor court squeezed into an existing Tokyo golf lounge.