An information recording medium having a first electrode layer, a photoconductive layer, either a transparent insulating layer or a transparent semiconductor layer, an information recording layer, and a second electrode layer, which are provided successively, wherein at least one of said electrode layers is transparent, and at least one of said electrode layers serves as a common electrode, while the other electrode layer serves as an area selecting electrode, said electrode layers being each provided with a contact reinforcing electrode, and wherein said information recording layer is formed by coating a mixed solution of a liquid crystal and an ultraviolet curing resin material and then irradiating said coating by irradiation with ultraviolet rays so as to form a cured skin layer of said ultraviolet curing resin material on an outer surface of said information recording layer.