# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第六十三条の四 (Article 63-4) - 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: 第六十三条の四 (Article 63-4)（普通自転車の歩道通行） — address `art-63-4` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-63-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-63-4 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第六十三条の四（普通自転車の歩道通行） — (Riding Standard Bicycles on Sidewalks) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-63-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-63-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-63-4 **第一項** 普通自転車は、次に掲げるときは、第十七条第一項の規定にかかわらず、歩道を通行することができる。ただし、警察官等が歩行者の安全を確保するため必要があると認めて当該歩道を通行してはならない旨を指示したときは、この限りでない。 art-63-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-63-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-63-4/par-1 Notwithstanding Article 17, paragraph (1), a standard bicycle may be ridden on a sidewalk in the following cases; provided, however, that this does not apply if an officer instructs a person riding a standard bicycle not to ride on the sidewalk, having found it necessary to do so in order ensure the safety of pedestrians: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 道路標識等により普通自転車が当該歩道を通行することができることとされているとき。 art-63-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-63-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-63-4/par-1/item-1 if standard bicycles are permitted by road signs or markings to be ridden on the sidewalk; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該普通自転車の運転者が、児童、幼児その他の普通自転車により車道を通行することが危険であると認められるものとして政令で定める者であるとき。 art-63-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-63-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-63-4/par-1/item-2 if the person riding the standard bicycle is an elementary schooler, child not yet of school age, or any other person that Cabinet Order prescribes for whom riding a standard bicycle on a roadway is considered to be dangerous; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前二号に掲げるもののほか、車道又は交通の状況に照らして当該普通自転車の通行の安全を確保するため当該普通自転車が歩道を通行することがやむを得ないと認められるとき。 art-63-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-63-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-63-4/par-1/item-3 if, beyond as set forth in the preceding two items, roadway or traffic conditions are found to provide compelling circumstances for the person riding the standard bicycle to ride on the sidewalk so as to ensure safe progress. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、普通自転車は、当該歩道の中央から車道寄りの部分（道路標識等により普通自転車が通行すべき部分として指定された部分（以下この項において「普通自転車通行指定部分」という。）があるときは、当該普通自転車通行指定部分）を徐行しなければならず、また、普通自転車の進行が歩行者の通行を妨げることとなるときは、一時停止しなければならない。ただし、普通自転車通行指定部分については、当該普通自転車通行指定部分を通行し、又は通行しようとする歩行者がないときは、歩道の状況に応じた安全な速度と方法で進行することができる。 art-63-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-63-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-63-4/par-2 In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, a person riding a standard bicycle must ride at reduced speed when on the part of the sidewalk between the center and the roadway (or the part of the sidewalk that road signs or markings designate as that on which standard bicycles are required to be ridden (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as the "part of the sidewalk for use by standard bicycles"), if any), and must come to a stop if the bicycle's progress would prevent pedestrians from proceeding; provided, however, that, if there are no pedestrians proceeding down or about to enter the part of the sidewalk for use by standard bicycles, the person riding a standard bicycle may travel down that part of the sidewalk at a safe speed and in a safe manner, in keeping with sidewalk conditions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-63-4/par-1: 第十七条第一項 → 道路交通法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-17/par-1 - art-63-4/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 道路交通法 第六十三条の四第一項第一号 (Article 63-4, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-63-4/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-63-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-63-4/par-1/item-1 - art-63-4/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 道路交通法 第六十三条の四第一項第二号 (Article 63-4, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-63-4/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-63-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-63-4/par-1/item-2 - art-63-4/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第六十三条の四第一項 (Article 63-4, paragraph (1)), art-63-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-63-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-63-4/par-1 - art-63-4/par-2: この項 → 道路交通法 第六十三条の四第二項 (Article 63-4, paragraph (2)), art-63-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-63-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-63-4/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第十条第三項（通行区分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-10/par-3 - 道路交通法 第六十三条の四第一項第三号（普通自転車の歩道通行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-63-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-63-4/par-1/item-3 - 道路交通法 第六十三条の四第二項（普通自転車の歩道通行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-63-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-63-4/par-2 - 道路交通法 第百十条の二第三項（特定の交通の規制等の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-110-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-110-2/par-3 - 道路交通法 第百二十一条第一項第八号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-121/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-121/par-1/item-8 --- ## 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