Patent ID: 8059512

Claim:
A recording method for recording information to a rewritable information recording medium having at least a first recording layer provided with a first data area having a plurality of first addresses allocated thereto and a second recording layer provided with a second data area having a plurality of second addresses allocated thereto, the plurality of first addresses of the first data area continuously increasing in numerical value in a first direction with respect to a radial position of the recording medium, the plurality of second addresses of the second data area continuously increasing in numerical value in a second direction opposite to the first direction with respect to the radial position, the recording method comprising a step of: recording end recorded area information to the information recording medium, the end recorded area information including the largest end address of an unrecorded area among unrecorded areas in the second data area, wherein the end recorded area information identifies a recorded area on the second data area having an end address corresponding to the end address of the second data area.