An endoscope includes an insertion portion, a bending portion bendable in an up-down direction and a left-right direction, a traction member for bending the bending portion, an operation portion provided at a proximal end of the insertion portion, an operation input portion provided in the operation portion, tiltable with respect to a first direction for bending the bending portion in the up-down direction and a second direction for bending the bending portion in the left-right direction, and for performing an operation input for acting on the traction member according to tilting operation and bending the bending portion, and an operation force amount adjusting portion configured to adjust an operation force amount for tilting the operation input portion in the first direction and an operation force amount for tilting the operation input portion in the second direction to be different.
