To provide a parking device of a very simple structure enabling vehicles to easily move into and out of parking areas.

This parking device 11 is used for parking an automobile V generally parallel to the forward direction of the vehicle within a parking area PA adjoining to a road PB. The parking device 11 includes a vehicle pallet 15 with a front-wheel pallet 12 and a rear-wheel pallet 13 on which the front and rear wheels of the automobile V can be placed, and a moving mechanism 16 for moving the vehicle pallet 15 in a direction generally perpendicular to the forward direction of the vehicle between the parking area PA and the road PB. The parking device 11 further includes a microcomputer and an operation panel 29 for issuing commands to the moving mechanism 16 for causing the vehicle pallet 15 to project toward the road PB from within the parking area PA and for moving the vehicle pallet 15 back into the parking area PA from the road PB.