PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a disposable absorbent article including a surface sheet which keeps the original soft touch while having an uneven shape, capable of preventing re-adhesion of viscous excrement to the skin.SOLUTION: After forming and arranging recesses 81 in such a way that the fiber density becomes higher toward the bottom on the skin contact surface of a nonwoven fabric which forms the surface sheet, the nonwoven fabric is inserted into nip rolls whose rolling surfaces are corrugated in the lateral direction of products.