The present invention provides an absorbent article which can exhibit an excellent fit as well as excellent rewettability and an excellent sense of comfortable wear both before and after an excretory fluid such as urine is absorbed into the absorbent article. In the absorbent article (1) according to the present invention an absorbent material (7) comprises an absorbent core (9) that has a first surface and a second surface and core wraps (11 11) that covers the absorbent core (9) wherein the absorbent core (9) is provided with length direction grooves (19) the length direction grooves (19) are recessed below the second surface and extend in the length direction each of the length direction grooves (19) has a bottom part (20) the length direction grooves (19) have a smaller basis weight than the average basis weight of the absorbent core (9) the length direction grooves (19) contain multiple though holes (24) which penetrate from the first surface through the second surface and the core wrap (11) is bonded to the bottom parts (20) of the length direction grooves (19).
