The station was opened on 10 October 1896 by the private Kyushu Railway as an additional station on a stretch of track which, by 1895, it had laid from  to Yamaguchi (today ) and Takeo (today ). On 14 December 1903, another stretch of track which the Kyushu Railway had acquired in 1902 between Miyoken (today ) and Azamibaru (today ) was extended south and linked up at Kubota.
On October 10, 1896, the station opened as an additional stop on a line constructed by the private Kyushu Railway from today's to Yamaguchi (today) and Takeo (today). On December 14, 1903, another section of track acquired by the Kyushu Railway in 1902 between today's Miyoken (today) and Azamibaru (today) was extended southward and connected at Kubota.