[3] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

[3] The turntable located next to the station was sold to the private railway operator Tobu Railway in 2016, and installed next to Kinugawa-Onsen Station in Tochigi Prefecture for use by steam-hauled tourist trains.

On 16 October 2015, JR West announced that it was considering closing the Sankō Line due to poor patronage.

[5] On 29 September 2016, JR West announced that the entire rail line would close on 31 March 2018.

[6] The line then closed on March 31, 2018, with an event hosted by JR West[7] and will be replaced by a bus service.