An ink jet recording apparatus ejects ink droplets toward a recording medium by causing an electrostatic force to act on ink containing charged colorant particles. The ink jet recording apparatus includes ink ejecting device for ejecting the ink droplets by causing a predetermined electrostatic force to act on the ink, ejection property detecting device for detecting a spontaneous ejection property of the ink droplets, and ejecting condition control device for controlling ejecting conditions for the ink droplets according to the spontaneous ejection property detected by the ejection property detecting device.