An endoscope includes: an insertion portion formed in an elongated shape a mesh tube formed by braiding thin wires in a tubular shape and provided in a shape of a cylinder inside the insertion portion and a first linear member inserted in the insertion portion and formed by intertwining element wires, wherein a dimension of a gap created between the thin wires in the mesh tube is set to be smaller than a diameter of the first linear member and larger than a diameter of each of the element wires of the first linear member.
