With a view to shortening the cable laying time there is provided a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus for generating an image of a subject in accordance with a magnetic resonance signal received after application of a high-frequency magnetic field to the subject under a static magnetic field and a gradient magnetic field, the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising a base, operating portions provided in the base and performing predetermined operations, such as a data collector and a controller, two pipes projecting from the base, and plural cables wound in the figure of 8 onto projecting portions of the two pipes projecting from the base, one end of the cables being connected electrically to the operating portions.