It is operated by the private transportation company, Hankyu Railway.

The platforms are connected each other by an underground passage, which are accessible with slopes elevators.

A bus terminal is located outside the East Exit at the south end of Kawaramachi-bound platform.

The West Exit is at the south end of Umeda-bound platform.

[1] The station opened as Higashi-Mukōmachi Station on 1 November 1928, the day the Shinkeihan Line (present-day Hankyu Kyoto Main Line) was extended from Takatsuki-machi to Kyoto Saiin.