PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an endoscope provided with a passive type bend section, which a retroflexion operation of the rectum can be performed with a sense of operation comparable to that of an endoscope not provided with a passive type bend section, without a sense of discomfort.SOLUTION: An endoscope 2 includes: a first bend section 7 that actively bends by a bend operation, a second bend section 8 that is continuously provided to the first bend section and passively bends by an external force, an outer cover 47 that covers the first bend section 7 and the second bend section 8 as one body, and an index section 50 that is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the outer cover 47 and visually distinguishes the first bend section 7 and the second bend section 8.
