[3] The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving 2 tracks.

[2][4][5] The station was opened on 12 September 1899 by the privately run Tokushima Railway.

When the company was nationalized on 1 September 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station and operated it as part of the Tokushima Line (later the Tokushima 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 Shikoku.

[6][7] In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 453 passengers daily[8] The station is located center of the western part of Tokushima city and is a student town centered on the Kuramoto Campus of Tokushima University.