In the direction of Kokubu, an elevated bridge with no tracks branches off to the south, but this is the ruins of the Shibushi Line, which was in operation until 1987.

There is a ticket office.The station building was renovated in October 2017, and the exterior was changed to white and black as the main colors, and the station name displayed in gold letters, with the Miyakonojo Shimazu clan's family emblem.

The station building was destroyed by air raids on 6 August 1945 during World War II.

During the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, which occurred on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.

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