The station premises are located to one side of a modern concrete building most of which is occupied by a produce/seafood market.

[2][3][4][5] Japanese Government Railways (JGR) had opened the Shibushi Line from Nishi-Miyakonojō to Sueyoshi (now closed) in 1923.

The first major phase of expansion added 28.5 km of track and several stations, reaching Yowara, which opened as the new northern terminus on 15 April 1935.

At the time of opening, the station was named Fukushima-nakamachi (福島仲町) but was renamed Fushima on 1 October 1959.

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.