In addition to the above, due to the fact that passengers had to pass the ticket gate of conventional trains before passing that of Shinkansen, as double ticket examinations had been conducted until March 27, 2007, as well as the fact that a fare adjustment office was located inside the ticket gate, the structure around the ticket gates of this station was the most complicated one by comparison to other Shinkansen stations in Niigata Prefecture.
また新幹線改札が2007年3月27日までは二重改札を行っており、一旦在来線改札を通ってからでないと新幹線改札を通れない構造になっていたり、精算所が改札内に設置されていたりと、改札口周辺の構造は県内の新幹線停車駅の中でも特に複雑になっていた。