Kirin Open

{{infobox golf tournament

| name = Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Kirin Open

| image =

| caption =

| location = Ibaraki, Ibaraki, Japan

| establishment = 1972

| course = Ibaraki Golf Club

| par = 71

| yardage = {{convert|7049|yd|m}}

| lang =

| org =

| tour = Asia Golf Circuit
Japan Golf Tour

| format = Stroke play

| purse = {{currency|100,000,000|JPY}}

| month_played = April

| final_year = 2001

| defunct =

| aggregate = 265 Kuo Chie-Hsiung (1978)

| to-par = −23 as above

| score =

| current_champion =

| final_champion = {{flagicon|JPN}} Shingo Katayama

| current =

| map = Japan#Japan Ibaraki Prefecture

| map_label = Ibaraki GC

| map_caption = Location in Japan##Location in the Ibaraki Prefecture

| map_relief = yes

| map_label_position =

| map_size = 200

| coordinates = {{coord|36.003|140.053}}

}}

The Kirin Open was a golf tournament in Japan. It was founded in 1972 as the season ending event on the Asia Golf Circuit, replacing the Yomiuri International which had been cancelled when sponsors decided to discontinue the event.{{cite news |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/newnation19720224-1.2.89 |title=Asian golf circuit gets underway |newspaper=New Nation |date=24 February 1972 |page=14 |via=National Library Board (Singapore) |access-date=7 February 2020}}{{cite news |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/newnation19720209-1.1.19 |title=Yomiuri is out |newspaper=New Nation |date=9 February 1972 |page=19 |via=National Library Board (Singapore) |access-date=7 February 2020}} It was also a fixture on the Japan Golf Tour from 1974 until 2001.

It was played at Sobu Country Club in Inzai until 1976. In 1977 Dunlop became title sponsors and the tournament was moved to Ibaraki Golf Club in Ibaraki.