To provide a sliding apparatus which may depress a micro slip phenomenon without fail and realize the system with a simple structure and which is less expensive to save a cost and superior in practical use. In a sliding apparatus in which a sliding member (2) is slid relative to a shaft (1), a loading path (3) is provided between the shaft (1) and the sliding member (2), a plurality of rolling member (4) are arranged in the loading path (3) and the rolling members (4) are adapted to roll and move along the loading path (3), a convex portion (5a) and/or a concave portion are provided to at least one rolling member (5) out of rolling members (4) arranged in the loading path (3), a convex portion and/or a concave portion (3a) engaged with the convex portion (5a) and/or the concave portion of the rolling member (5) are provided to the loading path (3), the rolling member (5) is arranged in the loading path (3) in concave and convex engagement with the loading path (3) and a rolling member retainer (6) for retaining the rolling members (4, 5) is provided in the loading path (3).