Indoor unit of air-conditioning device having louver with water absorber

An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus, the indoor unit comprising:

• a casing having an air inlet and an air outlet and including a heat exchanger and an air-sending fan disposed inside the casing;
• and
• an up-down airflow direction louver disposed at the air outlet and controlling up-down airflow direction of air discharged from the air outlet,
• the up-down airflow direction louver including a first plate and a second plate joined to each other and a water absorber at an end portion of the up-down airflow direction louver on a downstream side of an airflow that passes along the up-down airflow direction louver, wherein
• an end portion of the second plate on the downstream side is positioned on the downstream side of the airflow of an end portion of the first plate on the downstream side, and
• the water absorber is held between the first plate and the second plate, the water absorber includes an exposed portion of a water absorption surface of the water absorber exposed between:
• a covered portion of the water absorber held between the first plate and the second plate, and
• an end portion of the second plate on the downstream side.