The station has one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge, with an elevated station building located above the platforms. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
The station opened on 21 October 1883. The station became part of the JR East network after the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987. A new station building modeled after Tokyo Station was completed in August 1996, with its brick built by Japan Brick Company. Bricks used in the Marunouchi side of the Tokyo Station building are produced by this company.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 10,013 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]