A vehicle periphery image generation apparatus comprising: an image acquisition unit for acquiring vehicle periphery images photographed by a plurality of photographic cameras (11, 12, 12a, 12b, 13) mounted on the vehicle; a display device provided in the vehicle interior for displaying an image; a viewing point position setting unit for setting the position as the viewing point of the image to be displayed on the display device to a viewing point from a perpendicular upward direction; a self vehicle image generation unit for generating a self vehicle image; and a display image generation unit for generating the image to be displayed on the display device, characterized by further comprising: a fish-eye image generation unit for generating a fish-eye image with using the vehicle periphery images and the position set by the viewing point position setting unit, wherein the self vehicle image generation unit is configured to generate the self vehicle image as a fish-eye image with the position set by the viewing point position setting unit as the viewing point thereof, and the display image generation unit is configured to generate the image to be displayed on the display device with using the fish-eye image and the self vehicle image, wherein the position of the viewing point of the fish-eye image can be changed. an image acquisition unit for acquiring vehicle periphery images photographed by a plurality of photographic cameras (11, 12, 12a, 12b, 13) mounted on the vehicle; a display device provided in the vehicle interior for displaying an image; a viewing point position setting unit for setting the position as the viewing point of the image to be displayed on the display device to a viewing point from a perpendicular upward direction; a self vehicle image generation unit for generating a self vehicle image; and a display image generation unit for generating the image to be displayed on the display device, characterized by further comprising: a fish-eye image generation unit for generating a fish-eye image with using the vehicle periphery images and the position set by the viewing point position setting unit, wherein the self vehicle image generation unit is configured to generate the self vehicle image as a fish-eye image with the position set by the viewing point position setting unit as the viewing point thereof, and the display image generation unit is configured to generate the image to be displayed on the display device with using the fish-eye image and the self vehicle image, wherein the position of the viewing point of the fish-eye image can be changed. a fish-eye image generation unit for generating a fish-eye image with using the vehicle periphery images and the position set by the viewing point position setting unit, wherein the self vehicle image generation unit is configured to generate the self vehicle image as a fish-eye image with the position set by the viewing point position setting unit as the viewing point thereof, and the display image generation unit is configured to generate the image to be displayed on the display device with using the fish-eye image and the self vehicle image, wherein the position of the viewing point of the fish-eye image can be changed.