The station building, a modern structure of steel frame and glass, is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room.

In the first phase of construction, the track was extended south from Hizen-Yamaguchi with Hizen-Ryūō opening on 9 March 1930 as the southern terminus.

Hizen-Shiroishi, then named Fukuji (福治) was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the new track.

On 1 December 1934, the entire route was completed and through-traffic achieved from Hizen-Yamaguchi through the station to Nagasaki.

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