An object of the present invention is to provide an optical information
recording medium by which the getting thereof in and out of a reproducing
apparatus and the reproducing of recoding data can be stably and reliably
performed and the recording content can be visually confirmed, and which
has the reversible display function of performing at least one of the
recording, erasing and rewriting of the display which is excellent in the
uniformity of the image, easily, with a good appearance and without
damaging the optical information recording medium; a manufacturing method
of the above-noted optical information recording medium; and an image
processing method using the above-noted optical information recording
medium. For this object, the present invention provides the optical
information recording medium comprising a substrate, an optical
information layer disposed on the substrate and a reversible
thermosensitive layer in which at least a part of the information
recorded in the optical information layer can be recorded in such a
manner that the part of the information can be visually recognized, in
this order; and further a cushion layer in at least a part of the space
between the optical information layer and the reversible thermosensitive
layer.