The station building is a modern structure of glass and steel frames and houses a small waiting area and automatic ticket machines.

[2][3] The station was opened on 1 January 1904 by the private Hakata Bay Railway as the southern terminus of a stretch of track from Saitozaki.

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.

[7]。 Fukuoka Prefectural Route 91 runs parallel to the Kashii Line in front of the station.