The station building is a simple wooden structure with a tile roof and is located at a slightly higher level than the platforms and tracks.

[2][3][4] Japanese Government Railways (JGR) had opened the Shibushi Line from Nishi-Miyakonojō to Sueyoshi (now closed) in 1923.

The first major phase of expansion added 28.5 km of track and several stations, reaching Yowara, which opened as the new northern terminus on 15 April 1935.

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.

[8] Media related to Yowara Station at Wikimedia Commons This Miyazaki Prefecture railroad station-related article is a stub.