The driver of a vehicle must not stop or park on a part of the road where Stopping or parking is prohibited by road signs or markings or on any of the following other parts of the road, except when Stopping temporarily pursuant to a provision of laws and regulations or an order of a police officer, or in order to prevent a hazard:
in an intersection, pedestrian crossing, bicycle crossing lane, or railroad crossing; on a track bed; in the vicinity of the top of a slope; on a steep slope; or in a tunnel;
within 5 meters of the outside edges of an intersection or a curve in the road;
within the 5 meters in front of and behind the outside edges of a pedestrian crossing or bicycle crossing lane;
the part of the road to the left of a safety zone and within the 10 meters in front of and behind that part of the road;
within 10 meters of a signpost or signage for a bus stop or for a trolleybus or streetcar station (but only during the hours of operation of buses, trolleybuses, and streetcars in the transit system of which that stop or station is a part);
within the 10 meters in front of and behind the outside edges of a railroad crossing.
踏切の前後の側端からそれぞれ前後に十メートル以内の部分
The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to the following cases:
前項の規定は、次に掲げる場合には、適用しない。
when a bus or trolleybus stops to load or unload passengers, or parks to adjust its timing so that operations can get back on schedule, at a stop or station that is part of its transit system;
when a motor vehicle used for the transport of passengers (excluding a bus; the same applies in Article 49-3, paragraph (1)) stops to load or unload passengers, or parks to adjust its timing so that operations can get back on schedule, at a bus stop or at a trolleybus or streetcar station (limited to Stopping or parking at that stop or station that is useful for ensuring passenger transport necessary for the lives of local residents, and as to which a general scheduled passenger motor vehicle transportation business operator prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Road Transportation Act (Act No. 183 of 1951), the public safety commission, and other persons that Cabinet Office Order prescribes as persons concerned with that Stopping or parking have agreed, pursuant to Cabinet Office Order, that there is no hindrance owing to road or traffic conditions, and the public safety commission has issued a public notice to that effect).
旅客の運送の用に供する自動車（乗合自動車を除く。第四十九条の三第一項において同じ。）が、乗合自動車の停留所又はトロリーバス若しくは路面電車の停留場において、乗客の乗降のため停車するとき、又は運行時間を調整するため駐車するとき（当該停留所又は停留場における停車又は駐車であつて、地域住民の生活に必要な旅客輸送を確保するために有用であり、かつ、道路又は交通の状況により支障がないことについて、内閣府令で定めるところにより、道路運送法第九条第一項に規定する一般乗合旅客自動車運送事業者、公安委員会その他の当該停車又は駐車に関係のある者として内閣府令で定める者が合意し、その旨を公安委員会が公示したものをする場合に限る。）。