It is located 125.7 km from the southern terminus of the Gonō Line at Higashi-Noshiro.

The station building has a staffed Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.

The exterior of the JR East station structure was rebuilt in 2013, reopening on 1 August 2013.

[citation needed] On June 1, 1927, the Goshogawara Line was joined with the newly nationalized Mutsu Railway.

The Tsugaru Railway Line began operations from Goshogawara on July 15, 1930.