The station consists of two opposed side platforms, which were formerly connected by a footbridge.

However, due to deterioration, the footbridge was removed from 2018 to 2019 and currently the only means to change platforms is to exit the station building and cross via a pedestrian bridge outside the ticket gate, which was installed by Kure city before the footbridge was removed.The station is unattended.

From 1 May 1946, it was a connecting station for the Nihori Sea Route, which runs from nearby Nigata Port to Horie Station (Horie Pier) on the opposite shore of the Seto Inland Sea in Matsuyama, Ehime.

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

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