 On April 1, 1987 along with division and privatization of the Japan National Railway, East Japan Railway Company started operating this station.The CTC center of the Itō Line used to be located at Kinomiya, but along with its renewal to one that includes the controller of tracks at Atami Station in autumn of 2006, it moved to Atami.In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 1133 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).