Hamadera coast has long been famous for its white sand and green pines, and Hamadera Park was created in 1873, with a train station built there in 1897. The station building was designed in 1907 by the Tatsuno Kataoka Office, a collaboration between architects Tatsuno Kingo and Kataoka Yasushi, who also designed Osaka City Central Public Hall and Tokyo Station, and is one of Sakai's proud architectural works.
The exterior of the building is a half-timbered design with geometrically designed pillars and beams, which is very beautiful and has been highly acclaimed academically, and is a registered tangible cultural property of the country. This style, in which the pillars, beams, and diagonal members are exposed to the outside and the walls between them are filled with stone, earthen walls, or bricks, was widely adopted in northern Europe around 1450-1650. The station building has been watching over the changes and history of the Hamadera area as the gateway to seaside resorts such as Hamadera Park and the beach, and as the gateway to high-end residential areas. During the construction period of the Nankai Main Line Continuous Grade Separation Project, it has been moved to a location that will not interfere with the construction, and is being used experimentally by the local community as a place to promote the history and culture of the area and to promote citizen interaction.