The station is also the southern terminus for the 93.9 kilometer Yamaguchi Line to Masuda and the eastern terminus of the 33.2 kilometer Ube Line to Ube It is also the starting station of the rapid sightseeing train SL Yamaguchi steam train on the Yamaguchi Line.

The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Some Nozomi, Mizuho, Hikari, and Sakura Shinkansen services pass through this station without stopping.

With the privatization of the Japan National Railway (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

This Yamaguchi Prefecture railroad station-related article is a stub.