Parking assisting device and a vehicle capable of automatically parking

The invention provides a parking assisting device and a vehicle capable of automatically parking. The parking assistance device is provided with: an automatic parking control unit (11) that performs aparking operation for parking a vehicle at a specified target parking position; a parking start instruction detection unit (12) that receives a start instruction for a parking operation on the basisof the operation of the automatic parking control unit (11); and a brake hold instruction unit (13) that instructs an automatic brake hold control means (44) that holds the brake of the vehicle to execute the brake hold of the vehicle when the vehicle is stopped during a period from the start of the reception of the start instruction to the start of the parking operation based on the operation ofthe automatic parking control unit (11). According to the present invention, after an operation instructing the start of parking assist control is performed, a braking state of a vehicle can be maintained even if a driver moves