A display device comprising: a display section in which an image is displayed; a display control unit that controls a display in the display section; and an operation reception unit that receives an operation instruction made by a user by touching the display section, wherein the display control unit either displays, in the display region, upon deciding that an image to be displayed in the display section is a scrollable image larger than a predetermined display region of the display section, and an entirety of which can be displayed in the display region by scrolling the image in a vertical direction in a display screen of the display section, the scrollable image such that a predetermined position away from a head position of the scrollable image is located at an upper end of the display region, and then displays, in the display region, the scrollable image scrolled until the head position thereof appears at the upper end of the display region, or displays, in the display region, upon deciding that an image to be displayed in the display section is a scrollable image larger than a predetermined display region of the display section, and an entirety of which can be displayed in the display region by scrolling the image in a horizontal direction in a display screen of the display section, the scrollable image such that the predetermined position away from the head position of the scrollable image is located at a left-hand end of the display region, and then display, in the display region, the scrollable image scrolled until the head position thereof appears at the left-hand end of the display region. a display section in which an image is displayed; a display control unit that controls a display in the display section; and an operation reception unit that receives an operation instruction made by a user by touching the display section, wherein the display control unit either displays, in the display region, upon deciding that an image to be displayed in the display section is a scrollable image larger than a predetermined display region of the display section, and an entirety of which can be displayed in the display region by scrolling the image in a vertical direction in a display screen of the display section, the scrollable image such that a predetermined position away from a head position of the scrollable image is located at an upper end of the display region, and then displays, in the display region, the scrollable image scrolled until the head position thereof appears at the upper end of the display region, or displays, in the display region, upon deciding that an image to be displayed in the display section is a scrollable image larger than a predetermined display region of the display section, and an entirety of which can be displayed in the display region by scrolling the image in a horizontal direction in a display screen of the display section, the scrollable image such that the predetermined position away from the head position of the scrollable image is located at a left-hand end of the display region, and then display, in the display region, the scrollable image scrolled until the head position thereof appears at the left-hand end of the display region.