The present invention is, in a liquid ejection apparatus provided with: a movable ejecting portion for ejecting liquid; and an intermediate supply path that is provided so as to supply the liquid contained in a liquid containing body arranged separately from the ejecting portion to the ejecting portion, provided with: a filter chamber that is movable together with the ejecting portion; and a valve unit that is positioned on a downstream side of the filter chamber. The filter chamber is provided with: a filter member arranged in a position distant, by a predetermined distance vertically downward, from the supply port communicatively connected with a downstream end of the intermediate supply path, and a plurality of liquid paths that extend so as to guide the liquid introduced from the supply port toward the filter member.