Linked to the side platform is a small building which is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room.

[2][5] The station opened on 21 June 1930 when the then Kōchi Line was extended northwards from Tosa-Yamada to Kakumodani.

With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.

Torrential rain over several days led to a series of landslides which engulfed part of the station and surrounding houses.

Two locomotives and two passenger carriages were swept into the river valley below with some of the vehicles being carried onto the opposite bank.