Reading apparatus with operation panel configured to reduce interference with handling of original documents

A reading apparatus, comprising:

• a main body that includes an original document plate on which an original document is placed, and a reading portion configured to read an image from the original document placed on the original document plate;
• and
• an operation portion that is attached in front of the original document plate in the main body,
• wherein the operation portion includes:
• a front face casing portion that is located on an operation surface side;
• and
• a rear face casing portion that is engaged with the front face casing portion at a rear side of the operation surface, and is supported by the main body,
• wherein an upper end portion of the operation portion is as high as the original document plate or higher than the original document plate,
• wherein in a direction from the upper end portion of the operation portion to a lower end portion of the operation portion, a distance from an upper edge of the front face casing portion to the lower end portion of the operation portion in an engaging portion of the front face casing portion and the rear face casing portion at the upper end portion of the operation portion is shorter than a distance from an upper edge of the rear face casing portion to the lower end portion of the operation portion in the engaging portion of the front face casing portion and the rear face casing portion at the upper end portion of the operation portion,
• wherein the operation panel is rotatable from a state where a top of the operation panel is not above the original document plate to a state where the top of the operation panel is above the original document plate.