An endoscope includes an insertion portion, insertable into a subject, which allows a treatment tool to protrude from a distal end side thereof, and includes: a hard member having a treatment tool insertion hole, and a housing groove extending toward a distal end from the treatment tool insertion hole； and a raising base housed rotatably in the housing groove, to be in a raised state or an inverted state, by rotating the raising base, the raising base being abuttable on the treatment tool to adjust a protruding direction of the treatment tool from the housing groove, wherein a first introduction portion, a uniform portion, and a second introduction portion are provided continuously to form a space from a distal end to a proximal end of the insertion portion and between the raising base and a bottom of the housing groove while the raising base is in the inverted state.
