[3] In addition, the station is served by the Kyūshū Shinkansen and is located 47.9 km from the starting point of the line at Hakata.

The Kagoshima Main Line station, located slightly to the west, consists has two side platforms serving two tracks at grade.

The station building, a modern concrete structure houses a waiting room, and a ticket window.

The station building is built into the elevated structure and houses a waiting area and a ticket window staffed by JR Kyushu.

With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.