The station building is a simple concrete block structure which houses a ticket window and a waiting area.

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

The track was extended further north with Ōdōtsu opening as the northern terminus on 1 March 1936.

With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.

[8] Media related to Nangō Station at Wikimedia Commons This Miyazaki Prefecture railroad station-related article is a stub.