Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus

An ink jet recording method with use of an ink jet recording apparatus that includes an aqueous ink;

• a first ink storage portion that stores the aqueous ink;
• a second ink storage portion that is connected to the first ink storage portion through a tube, and stores the aqueous ink without impregnating it into an absorbent;
• and a recording head that is connected to the second ink storage portion, and has formed therein an ejection orifice through which the aqueous ink supplied from the second ink storage portion is ejected, and the method comprising applying the aqueous ink ejected through the ejection orifice onto a recording medium to record an image,
• the second ink storage portion and the recording head composing therein an ink flow path through which the aqueous ink is supplied, a filter that partitions an upstream side and a downstream side of the ink flow path being arranged in the ink flow path, and a ratio (A/B) of volume A (mL) of the ink flow path to the upstream side and volume B (mL) of the ink flow path on the downstream side being 5 or more,
• the aqueous ink comprising a coloring material, a nonionic surfactant, and a first water-soluble organic solvent having a relative dielectric constant of 30.0 or less, and
• the ink jet recording apparatus being an apparatus that records an image on the basis of reciprocatingly scanning motion of the recording head.