Now owned by the Kofuku town residents' association,[1] even after its closure in 1987, it remains a popular sightseeing spot because of its name, which means "happiness" in Japanese.

[3] The original station building remains standing, and many people paste business cards and messages on the walls of the waiting room, hoping for happiness.

[1] The station become famous after it was featured on a Japanese NHK TV travel documentary programme in 1973.

[1] The ageing station structure was scheduled to be renovated by Obihiro city government between September and November 2013, at a cost of 33 million yen.

Although the area was originally called Kōshin, it was changed to Kōfuku in around 1910 by combining the "Kō" of Kōshin with "Fuku" from Fukui, denoting the farmers from Fukui Prefecture who moved to the area around 1902 after being displaced by flooding.