It lies 42.9 km (26.7 mi) from the western terminus of the Tōbu Noda Line at Ōmiya.

[1] The JR East portion of the station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.

[citation needed] The South Exit to the station was opened on 8 April 1999.

[5] The average daily passenger figures for each operator in previous years are as shown below.