It is operated by the private transportation company Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad (Kotoden) and is designated station "S01".

The station consists of two opposed side platforms.

[2] Kotoden-Yashima Station opened on November 11, 1918 on the Tosan Electric Tramway.

[3] Two trains collided head on at the station on August 1, 1976, with 210 people injured.

[4] This Kagawa Prefecture railroad station-related article is a stub.