The station building, located at the base of the embankment, is a modern structure built of timber in traditional Japanese style to resemble the nearby Kirishima-Jingū Shrine.

[5][6] On 24 November 1929 by Japanese Government Railways (JGR) had opened the then Kokuto-West Line (国都西線) from Nishi-Kokubu (now Hayato) to Kokubu.

On 6 December 1932, the entire stretch of track from Kokura through this station to Kagoshima was redesignated as the Nippō Main Line.

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

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