[2] Besides local trains, the Rapid Niseko Liner for Sapporo begins its run from the station.

[3] The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks.

The station was opened on 15 October 1904 by the private Hokkaido Railway as an intermediate station during a phase of expansion when its track from Hakodate to Neppu was extended to link up with stretches of track further north to provide through traffic from Hakodate to Otaru.

On 12 October 1909 the station became part of the Hakodate Main Line.

On 1 April 1987, with the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.