The apparatus comprises a first and a second substrate disposed facing each other, a first electrode comprising first openings provided to the first substrate, a second electrode comprising second openings provided to the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and the second substrate. A display part is defined in a region where the first and the second electrode overlap, each of the first openings is formed into a rectangular shape in the planar view, each of the second openings is formed into a rectangular shape or cruciform shape in the planar view, the second electrode comprises rectangular regions cyclically disposed inside the display part in the planar view, the four sides that define each of the rectangular regions respectively contact any portion of the second openings, and each of the first openings is disposed overlapping any of the rectangular sections in the planar view.