The cloth-like heater of the present invention has an upper layer 2 in which a plurality of upper layer conducting parts 4 is provided, a lower layer 3 in which at least one lower layer conducting part 6 is provided, and an intermediate heat generation layer 8 that links the upper layer 2 to the lower layer 3 and has electroconductivity, and the most principal characteristic is that a linking string 8a of the intermediate heat generation layer 8 between the upper layer conducting part 4 and the lower layer conducting part 6, to which a voltage is applied, generates heat.