A radiation irradiation apparatus includes a radiation source that irradiates, with radiation, a subject to be examined, a camera that obtains a photographic image of the subject to be examined by performing photography on the subject to be examined, a monitor that displays the photographic image, a housing that houses the radiation source, the camera and the monitor with a display direction of the photographic image directed in a second direction opposite to a first direction that is an irradiation direction of the radiation and a photography direction of the photographic image, and plural grasp units that project in directions different from the first and second directions and are attached to positions of the housing facing each other.
