An optical receiving apparatus is provided with a receiver, a setting unit, and a storage unit. The receiver receives an optical signal modulated in a DPSK format and performs variable dispersion compensation and delay interference processing on the optical signal to demodulate the optical signal. The setting unit sets suitable setting values of the variable dispersion compensation and the delay interference processing for the receiver based on an error condition of the demodulated signal. The storage unit stores the setting values set by the setting unit.