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 18.0 km from the starting point of the line at Yatsushiro.

[5] The station consists of one island platform at street level, connected by a footbridge and two tracks.

With the privatization of the JNR 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.