Tamboāto Station is served by the 16.8 km Konan Railway Konan Line between Hirosaki and Kuroishi and is located 13.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hirosaki.

The station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track.

[3] Construction of the new station was funded entirely by the village of Inakadate.

[3] Three former Konan Railway diesel cars, KiHa 2105, KiHa 2107, and KiHa 2230, were preserved next to the line for a number of years, painted in various bright colours, but these were due to cut up in November 2013 due to their poor condition.

[4] The station was built to provide access to the nearby rice paddies used for creating rice paddy art each year.