There are disclosed methods for manufacturing an airtight container and an image display apparatus. Especially, as a constitution of supplying a potential to an electrode in the airtight container, the container is constituted which includes a structure having a concave portion opened at a through-hole of a substrate and closed at the bottom, and a shape is formed in which by applying a pressure difference between the inside and the outside of the container, the structure is deformed to enable supplying of a potential to the electrode.