To provide a parking support method and a parking support device automatically parking a vehicle at a position desired by a user.

A controller 2 of a parking support system 1 mounted on a vehicle is provided with an image data input part 19 for acquiring image data G1 and G2 from a front camera 30 and a rear camera 31 installed in the vehicle for photographing a user outside the vehicle; and a parking control processing part 15 for determining the moving quantity or direction of the vehicle specified by the user based on the acquired image data G1 and G2, and for automatically controlling the vehicle based on the moving quantity or direction specified by the user.