is a junction passenger railway station located in the Nishi-ku ward of the city of Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu. It is the main terminal station for the city. In front of the station is a tram stop of the tram operated by Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau named Kumamoto-Ekimae Station.
Kumamoto is an intermediate station of the Kyushu Shinkansen and is 118.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at and 740.7 kilometers from . It is also an intermediate station for the Kagoshima Main Line, of which it is 196.6 kilometers from the starting point at . The station is also the western terminus of the 148.0 kilometer HÃ Âhi Main Line to .
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 9,465 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 10th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.