Approaching from the direction of Nishiyashiki, the double tracks of the Nippō Main Line are widely separated and converge to meet at the station, with the two platforms thus forming a V-shape.

The station building is a modern concrete structure and serves only to house a waiting area and an automatic ticket vending machine.

Japanese Government Railways (JGR), designated the track as the Hōshū Main Line on 12 October 1909 and expanded it southwards in phases, with Naka-Yamaga opening as the new southern terminus on 15 December 1910.

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.

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