The station has one ground-level island platform for the South Hokkaido Railway and two elevated side platforms for the Hokkaido Shinkansen.

[1] The station opened on the Esashi Line on October 25, 1930.

Between October 12, 1937 and March 31, 1988, it was the terminus of the Matsumae Line.

[citation needed] It became the terminus of the Kaikyō Line on March 13, 1988.

[citation needed] On March 26, 2016, the Hokkaido Shinkansen platforms opened for passenger service.