To provide a burner for burning hydrogen gas which does not generate any local heat spot in a combustion chamber and has a long service life.

A burner for burning hydrogen gas is provided with a combustion pipe 10 constituted in a three-layer structure of a pressure-resistant shell 20, a heat insulating layer 21 provided on the inside of the shell 20, and a heat- resistant liner 22 provided on the internal surface of the layer 21. A hydrogen gas and air are supplied to the pipe 10 through the rear end section of the pipe 10 and, at the same time, the rear end section is provided with an igniter 11. At the front end section of the pipe 10, a nozzle section provided with a nozzle cooling tube 31 which is cooled by circulated cooling water is formed.