The station consists of two opposed side platforms, connected by an underground passage, with the ticket gate also located underground, because the station is located at the foot of a mountain.

In the square on the north side of the station, there is an underground bicycle parking lot and a bus and taxi stand.

Yamamoto station opened on March 10, 1910, the day the Takarazuka Line started operation.

The name Hirai was however retained as a secondary name in response to the local community's request and the running in boards of the station also reads Hirai (平井) in parentheses and in small letters next to the official name Yamamoto.

[2] In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 19,285 passengers daily[3] Media related to Yamamoto Station (Hyōgo) at Wikimedia Commons This Hyōgo Prefecture railroad station-related article is a stub.