Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus

An ink jet recording apparatus for use in an ink jet recording method comprising recording an image on a recording medium comprising a water absorption amount from contact start to 30 msec1/2 in a Bristow method of 10 mL/m2 or less with an aqueous ink and an aqueous reaction liquid comprising a reactant that reacts with the aqueous ink by applying the aqueous ink and the reaction liquid to a unit region with one relative scanning between a recording head and the recording medium, the ink jet recording method comprising:

• a reaction liquid applying step of applying the reaction liquid to the recording medium by ejecting the reaction liquid from a first ejection head of an ink jet system;
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• an ink applying step of applying the aqueous ink to the recording medium by ejecting the aqueous ink from a second ejection head of an ink jet system so that a region to which the aqueous ink is applied and a region to which the reaction liquid is applied are at least partially overlap on the recording medium,
• wherein a temperature of the reaction liquid at a time of being ejected from the first ejection head is lower than a temperature of the aqueous ink at a time of being ejected from the second ejection head, and
• wherein the reactant contains a polyvalent metal salt, and the polyvalent metal salt has a water solubility at 20° C. of 1% by mass or more to 50% by mass or less.