An endoscope includes an insertion section 9 configured to be extended in a front-and-back direction and including an observation optical system, an endoscope operation portion 8 provided on a rear end side of the insertion section and including a gripping section 18, a first antenna 40a arranged at a position closer to the insertion section 9 than the gripping section 18, and a second antenna arranged at a position farther from the insertion section 9 than the gripping section 18. Orientation directions of the first and second antennas are covered with an electromagnetic wave permeable material in a state that the metal body is distanced from the orientation directions, an image obtained by imaging the inside of the body cavity by the observation optical system is converted into a wireless signal, and transmission/reception of the wireless signal to/from the outside is enabled through the first and/or second antenna.
