Information recording method and information recording apparatus including switching of recording layer in shortage of free space

An information recording apparatus recording information in an information recording medium having a plurality of recording layers including a first recording layer and a second recording layer located to be closer to a surface of the information recording medium than the first recording layer,

• wherein each of the plurality of recording layers includes a user data area for recording user data, a spare area for alternatively recording data of failed recording into the user data area, and a management information area for recording management information,
• wherein the information recording apparatus comprises a recording control unit that starts recording by using the first recording layer as a recording object layer among from the plurality of recording layers of the information recording medium, and
• wherein, when any one of the user data area, the spare area, and the management information area of the first recording layer runs short of a free space, then the recording control unit switches the recording object layer of the user data area, the spare area, and the management information area to the second recording layer.