A target parking position setting apparatus includes: image capturing
means adapted for a vehicle and capturing an image of an outside of the
vehicle; displaying means provided inside the vehicle and displaying an
image captured by the image capturing means on a display screen; parking
position display controlling means for displaying on the displaying means
a mark representing a provisional target parking position by
superimposing the mark on the image captured by the image capturing
means, the parking position display controlling means moving a display
position of the mark in response to an instruction of an operator and
displaying on the display screen a moving direction indicator indicating
a moving direction of the mark; and setting means for setting the display
position of the mark on the image captured by the image capturing means
as a target parking position in response to an instruction of the
operator.