# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第四十七条 (Article 47) - Law: 道路交通法 (Road Traffic Act), 昭和三十五年法律第百五号 - English title "Road Traffic Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第四十七条 (Article 47)（停車又は駐車の方法） — address `art-47` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-47 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-47 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十七条（停車又は駐車の方法） — (How to Stop and Park) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-47 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-47 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-47 **第一項** 車両は、人の乗降又は貨物の積卸しのため停車するときは、できる限り道路の左側端に沿い、かつ、他の交通の妨害とならないようにしなければならない。 art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-47/par-1 When stopping to load or unload persons or cargo, a driver must bring a vehicle as close as possible to the left edge of the road, and must position the vehicle so as not to obstruct traffic. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 車両は、駐車するときは、道路の左側端に沿い、かつ、他の交通の妨害とならないようにしなければならない。 art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-47/par-2 When parking, a driver must bring a vehicle to the left edge of the road, and must position the vehicle so as not to obstruct traffic. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 車両は、車道の左側端に接して路側帯（当該路側帯における停車及び駐車を禁止することを表示する道路標示によつて区画されたもの及び政令で定めるものを除く。）が設けられている場所において、停車し、又は駐車するときは、前二項の規定にかかわらず、政令で定めるところにより、当該路側帯に入り、かつ、他の交通の妨害とならないようにしなければならない。 art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-47/par-3 Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, when stopping or parking in a place with a side strip adjacent to the left edge of the roadway (other than side strips demarcated with road markings indicating that stopping and parking are prohibited there, and other than side strips as prescribed by Cabinet Order), the driver must bring the vehicle into the side strip pursuant to Cabinet Order, and must position the vehicle so as not to obstruct traffic. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-47/par-3: 前二項 → 道路交通法 第四十七条第一項 (Article 47, paragraph (1)), art-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-47/par-1 - art-47/par-3: 前二項 → 道路交通法 第四十七条第二項 (Article 47, paragraph (2)), art-47/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-47/par-2 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第十七条第一項（通行区分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-17/par-1 - 道路交通法 第四十五条第二項（駐車を禁止する場所） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-45/par-2 - 道路交通法 第四十七条第三項（停車又は駐車の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-47/par-3 - 道路交通法 第四十八条第一項（停車又は駐車の方法の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-48/par-1 - 道路交通法 第四十九条の三第一項（時間制限駐車区間における駐車の方法等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-49-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-49-3/par-1 - 道路交通法 第五十条の二第一項（違法停車に対する措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-50-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-50-2/par-1 - 道路交通法 第五十一条第一項（違法駐車に対する措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51/par-1 - 道路交通法 第七十五条第一項第七号（自動車の使用者の義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-75/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75/par-1/item-7 - 道路交通法 第百十九条の二の四第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-119-2-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119-2-4/par-1/item-2 - 道路交通法 第百十九条の三第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-119-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119-3/par-1/item-4 - 道路交通法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/appdx-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 道路交通法 — the text in force from 2026-07-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000105/20260721_508AC0000000052), retrieved 2026-10-13 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Road Traffic Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2962/tb), retrieved 2026-10-13 - This site's parser, version 190 — 道路交通法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13