Bairin-ji Temple

梅林寺 · Buddhist temple

Kurume City's official tourism guide records that Bairin-ji is a Rinzai Zen temple of the Myoshinji school, and that it was the family temple of the Arima clan, who once ruled Kurume.

The gate of Bairin-ji in Kurume, at the top of a short flight of stone steps. — そらみみ · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0This resized file is offered under CC BY-SA 4.0, the same licence as the original.

It records that the graves and mausoleums of the Arima family lie in a small pine grove behind the temple.

Hours

The directions below are the ones Kurume City's official tourism guide publishes.

We have not found opening hours published for this temple. The sources below give the other details on this page.

Admission

We have not confirmed a charge from this temple's own pages. We have no page published by the temple itself to link to, so check on the day. The sources below are public bodies.

Getting there

JR Kurume Station — about 5 minutes on foot

Kurume City Official Tourism Guide — Bairin-ji Temple (English)

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Sources

History and background, What you can see, Getting there	Kurume City Official Tourism Guide — Bairin-ji Temple (English)

Information checked: September 13, 2026.