An optical information recording apparatus can maintain a stable recording quality when recording information on an optical information recording medium having a recording layer of a multilayer structure. An optical information recording medium of a rotating type has a plurality of recording layers each having an information recording area in which information is recorded using a laser beam. An inner power calibration area is provided in each of the recording layers at a location closer to a center of rotation of the optical information recording medium than the information recording area, and is used to perform a test write in an optimum power control process to acquire an optimum recording power of the laser beam. The outer power calibration area is provided at a location farther from the center of rotation than the information recording area, and is used to perform a test write in an optimum power control process to acquire an optimum recording power of the laser beam.