A recording apparatus includes a set portion on which a recording medium having a circumferential surface is able to be set; a recording portion having a plurality of nozzle rows that discharge ink; and a rotation mechanism that relatively rotates and moves the recording medium set on the set portion and the recording portion, in which the plurality of nozzle rows includes nozzle rows that discharge a relatively high visibility ink and nozzle rows that discharge a relatively low visibility ink, and are arranged in an intersection direction that intersects a rotation axis of the rotation movement, the nozzle rows that discharge the high visibility ink are arranged on the center side in the ink discharge surface in the intersection direction, and the nozzle rows that discharge the low visibility ink are arranged on the end side in the ink discharge surface in the intersection direction.