1. An image recording apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium including a liquid accommodation layer by landing a liquid to the liquid accommodation layer of the recording medium, comprising: a first unit that performs pre-processing of landing the liquid containing a material with absorbability lower than that of the liquid accommodation layer to an edge of an image formation region at which the image is scheduled to be formed; and a second unit that forms the image at the image formation region of the recording medium after the first unit performs the pre-processing; wherein in the amount of liquid to be landed in the pre-processing, an amount present in the interior of the liquid accommodation layer is greater than an amount present on the surface of the liquid accommodation layer.