 The station opened on April 24, 1898.With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.In fiscal 2015, the JR West portion of the station was used by an average of 1,138 passengers daily and the Noto Railway portion of the station was used by an average of 476 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).