The station building, a timber structure, houses a waiting area and a ticket window.

[5][6] The private Kyushu Railway, had opened a track from Tosu to Saga by 5 May 1895, and thereafter expanding southwards in phases, as part of the construction of a line to Nagasaki.

Separately, a track was laid from Urakami (then known as Nagasaki) north to Nagayo, which opened on 22 July 1897.

On 27 November 1898, a linkup was made between Nagayo and the track from Tosu which had reached southwards to Ōmura.

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