To provide a handrail belt of an escalator, in which the moving direction of the handrail belt is indicated on a surface of the handrail belt to be easily viewable to prevent falling accident, and peeling of the indication on a lark can be prevented.

A short printed sheet 6 is stuck on the surface of the handrail belt 5. The printed sheet 6 has: a direction indication mark 6A or the like different in color from the handrail belt 5 and indicating the moving direction of the handrail belt 5; and a colored edge 6B of a width m, stuck to a sticking end part thereof and colored to be similar in color to a surface color of the handrail belt 5.