A browsing method capable of performing mutual switching between in-site browsing and in-screen browsing without making a user aware of the switching is provided. Control unit causes superimposed display of a web page and a pointer that moves according to operations on a pointing device 3 and a cross key 4 on display 2 in the in-screen browsing, and changes a region of the web page to be displayed on the display 2 when the pointer moves outside the region. The control unit changes the region of the web page to be displayed on the display 2 according to the operations performed on the pointing device 3 and the cross key 4 in the in-site browsing. Then, the control unit causes transition from the in-screen browsing to the in-site browsing, and causes transition from the in-site browsing from the in-screen browsing.