To provide a structure that can suppress the vibration of a carriage irrespective of the position of the reciprocable carriage which is disposed in an inkjet recording apparatus.

The inkjet recording apparatus includes: the carriage 38 having a recording head for ejecting ink droplets mounted thereon; a guide rail 44 supporting the carriage 38 to be reciprocable in a horizontal direction 9, and a CR motor 96; a power transmission mechanism 46 transmitting a drive force from the CR motor 96 to the carriage 38; and a vibration damping device 61 disposed on the guide rail 44 and having different resonant frequencies at at least two portions of each position in the horizontal direction 9.