PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an absorbent article folding apparatus capable of folding an absorbent article at a proper position while suppressing the positional deviation of folding blades.SOLUTION: A folding apparatus 200 for an absorbent article comprises: a transportation mechanism 210 for transporting an absorbent article 100, after transported by a first belt member 221 held on a first roll 211, by a second belt member 222 held on a second roll and the first belt member 221 and a folding mechanism 250 having folding blades 260 for folding the absorbent article. The first belt member transports the absorbent article from the first roll side toward a nip region N. The folding blades move from the second roll side toward the nip region N so that they abut against the absorbent article which is transported from the first roll side toward the nip region N by the first belt member.
