A balance training device comprising: an inverted two-wheel vehicle; a posture detection unit (21,22) adapted to detect a posture of the inverted two-wheel vehicle, the posture changing according to a posture of an occupant riding on the inverted two-wheel vehicle; a control unit adapted to control the inverted two-wheel vehicle so that the inverted two-wheel vehicle moves according to the posture of the inverted two-wheel vehicle detected by the posture detection unit (21, 22) and to control the inverted two-wheel vehicle so that the inverted two-wheel vehicle is forcibly moved in an arbitrary direction irrespective of the posture of the inverted two-wheel vehicle; and a position obtaining unit adapted to obtain a position of the inverted two-wheel vehicle, wherein the balance training device is adapted to provide balance training in which the occupant rides on the inverted two-wheel vehicle and trains an occupant's sense of balance by operating the inverted two-wheel vehicle in such a way that the inverted two-wheel vehicle becomes closer to a predetermined reference position, characterized in that the control unit is adapted to, when a distance between the position of the inverted two-wheel vehicle obtained by the position obtaining unit and the reference position is greater than or equal to a threshold, suppress the control to forcibly move the inverted two-wheel vehicle in a suppressing direction from the reference position to the position of the inverted two-wheel vehicle, at which the distance between the position of the inverted two-wheel vehicle obtained by the position obtaining unit and the reference position is greater than or equal to the threshold. an inverted two-wheel vehicle; a posture detection unit (21,22) adapted to detect a posture of the inverted two-wheel vehicle, the posture changing according to a posture of an occupant riding on the inverted two-wheel vehicle; a control unit adapted to control the inverted two-wheel vehicle so that the inverted two-wheel vehicle moves according to the posture of the inverted two-wheel vehicle detected by the posture detection unit (21, 22) and to control the inverted two-wheel vehicle so that the inverted two-wheel vehicle is forcibly moved in an arbitrary direction irrespective of the posture of the inverted two-wheel vehicle; and a position obtaining unit adapted to obtain a position of the inverted two-wheel vehicle, wherein the balance training device is adapted to provide balance training in which the occupant rides on the inverted two-wheel vehicle and trains an occupant's sense of balance by operating the inverted two-wheel vehicle in such a way that the inverted two-wheel vehicle becomes closer to a predetermined reference position, characterized in that the control unit is adapted to, when a distance between the position of the inverted two-wheel vehicle obtained by the position obtaining unit and the reference position is greater than or equal to a threshold, suppress the control to forcibly move the inverted two-wheel vehicle in a suppressing direction from the reference position to the position of the inverted two-wheel vehicle, at which the distance between the position of the inverted two-wheel vehicle obtained by the position obtaining unit and the reference position is greater than or equal to the threshold.