[3] The station consists of a side platform serving a single track at grade.

The station building is wooden structure of traditional Japanese design built to resemble a Shinto shrine.

The track was extended westwards in phases, with this station opening as the new western terminus on 30 November 1925.

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

Rail service from Aso through this station to Miemachi was restored by 22 September 2017[6] Normal rail services between Aso and Ōita were restored by 2 October 2017.