[3] Services to the station are currently suspended due to damage from torrential rainfall.

[4] The station consists of a side platform serving a single track.

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

[6][7] In July 2017, torrential rainfall led to the tracks of the Hitahikosan Line from Soeda to Yoake being covered with mud and debris.

JR Kyushu has not announced a date for the resumption of service apart from stating that the suspension will be for an indefinite period.