It is served by the third-sector railway company Hisatsu Orange Railway[3][4] The station is served by the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line that follows the former coastal route of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line connecting Yatsushiro and Sendai.

It is located 10.1 km from the starting point of the line at Yatsushiro.

As the station is located in a hot spring tourist area, it has a large waiting room.

With the privatization of the Japan National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station was transferred to JR Kyushu.

On 13 March 2004, with the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen, the station was transferred to the Hisatsu Orange Railway, and it was renamed to its present name.