A station building, a small hut in traditional Japanese style, houses a waiting area and automatic ticket vending machines.

[2][3] The private Hakata Bay Railway had opened a track on 1 January 1904 from Saitozaki to its southern terminus at Sue.

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station and the track which served it was designated the Kashii Line.

With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.

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