It houses a waiting area, a shop as well as the offices of the Takaharu Town Tourism Association.

The station is not staffed by JR Kyushu but some types of tickets are available from the tourism association which acts as a Kan'i itaku agent.

[2][4][5] Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened what it then designated as the Miyazaki Line between Yoshimatsu and Kobayashi (then named Kobayashimachi) on 1 October 1912.

On 15 December 1923, the stretch of track between Yoshimatsu and Miyakonojō which included Takaharu, was designated as part of the Nippō Main Line.

With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, Takaharu came under the control of JR Kyushu.