An optical information recording medium according to the present invention
includes a first information recording layer on which information is to
be recorded by laser light; and a second information recording layer on
which information is to be recorded by the laser light which has passed
through the first information recording layer. The first information
recording layer includes at least one of a reproduction-only area and a
recording and reproduction area. The second information recording layer
includes a test recording area. At least one of the reproduction-only
area and the recording and reproduction area, and the test recording area
is located such that one of the reproduction-only area and the recording
and reproduction area includes an area of the first information recording
layer through which the laser light for recording information in the test
recording area passes.