An objective of the invention is to provide a nonwoven fabric having well skin touch feeling and well stretchability, well ventilation in planar direction and thickness direction, and having high water absorption and fast drying characteristics and method of manufacturing the same. The nonwoven fabric of the invention has the following structures: a nonwoven fabric comprising extending fibers and telescopic fibers, wherein the characteristic in that: the foregoing nonwoven fabric has a first surface having a plurality of convex portions and a plurality of concave portions, and a second surface located at a reverse side of the first surface wherein the proportion of the extending fibers at the convex portion of the first surface is higher than the proportion of the extending fibers at the concave portion of the first surface, and the nonwoven fabric is cladded by the hydrophilic agent, or the extending fibers and the telescopic fibers containing hydrophilic agent. The nonwoven fabric has: water absorption where water absorption testing showing above 10mm water absorbing height and fast driving where evapotranspiration test showing above 20 mass by weight in transpiration rate.本發明之目的在於提供:皮膚接觸性及伸縮性良好,平面方向及厚度方向之透氣性良好,而且具有高吸水性與速乾性的不織布;以及製造該不織布的方法。本發明之不織布,係具有以下構造。一種不織布,其係包含伸長性纖維與伸縮性纖維之不織布,其特徵為:上述不織布係具備:具有複數凸部及複數凹部的第1面,以及位於第1面之相反側的第2面;第1面之凸部的伸長性纖維之比率,比第1面之凹部的伸長性纖維之比率更高,且上述不織布被親水化劑被覆,或上述伸長性纖維及伸縮性纖維含有親水化劑,上述不織布係具有:在吸水性試驗呈現10mm以上吸水高度的吸水性,以及在蒸散性試驗中呈現20質量%以上蒸散率的速乾性。1‧‧‧包含伸長性纖維與伸縮性纖維之不織布2‧‧‧第1面3‧‧‧凸部4‧‧‧凹部5‧‧‧第2面EX‧‧‧伸長性纖維EL‧‧‧伸縮性纖維A‧‧‧第1方向
