An electrostatic atomizing apparatus (200) comprising: a discharge electrode (230) having a main body part (232), adhering water, supplied by capillary action, to a surface of the main body； an electrode holding part (220) that holds the discharge electrode； a counter electrode (240) that is provided in the electrode holding part, and that is provided to be opposite the discharge electrode (230)； and a water supply means (210) that is provided directly above the main body part through a predetermined separation and that supplies water to the discharge electrode or electrode holding part, characterized in that the electrode (230) Discharge is composed of the main body part (232), which has an approximately rectangular parallelepiped shape or an approximately elongated column shape in the axial direction, and a projecting part (231) that has an approximately rectangular parallelepiped shape, a shape about a column, an approximately pyramidal shape or an approximately conical shape, the projecting part projecting at an approximately right angle to the axial direction of the main body part from the center in the axial direction of the main body part, being shorter than the length in the axial direction of the main body part, and being formed integrally with the main body part, in which the length in the axial direction of the main body part is within a range equal to or greater than 4 times and equal to or less than 20 times the length of the protruding part.Un aparato atomizador electrostático (200) que comprende: un electrodo (230) de descarga que tiene una parte (232) de cuerpo principal, adhiriéndose agua, suministrada por acción capilar, a una superficie del cuerpo principal； una parte (220) de sujeción de electrodo que sujeta el electrodo de descarga； un contraelectrodo (240) que se proporciona en la parte de sujeción de electrodo, y que se proporciona para que esté opuesto al electrodo (230) de descarga； y un medio (210) de suministro de agua que se proporciona d
