It is served by the third-sector railway company Hisatsu Orange Railway[3][4] The station is served by the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line that follows the former coastal route of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line connecting Yatsushiro and Sendai.

[5] The station consists of two opposed side platforms at street level, connected by a footbridgeand two tracks.

There is no station building, but a simple concrete waiting room.

With the privatization of the Japan National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station was transferred to JR Kyushu.

On 13 March 2004, with the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen, the station was transferred to the Hisatsu Orange Railway.