A container for a long electrode sheet for electric double layer capacitor includes a cover closing the opening of the container body, a sealing member sealing a gap between the container body and the cover, a stem fixed to either the container body or the cover so that a bobbin is mounted thereon and formed with a male thread, a bobbin fixing unit including a fastening member having a female thread hole, and a holding unit including two presser plates, the female thread hole of the fastening member being threadedly engage with the male thread of the stem so that the presser plates are fastened thereby to be fixed, the holding unit holding the electrode sheet so as to prevent the electrode sheet from being detached from the bobbin by pressing two ends of electrode sheet.