An imaging method for taking an image using an imaging apparatus including an imaging device which includes first rows of pixels including first groups of light receiving elements and second rows of pixels including second groups of light receiving elements; first charge transfer lines; and second charge transfer lines, includes steps of: consecutively performing a subject-illuminating imaging and a subject-non-illuminating imaging, responsive to an input of an imaging instruction; reading out the charges accumulated in the first groups and the second groups of light receiving elements, and transferring the charges via the first and second charge transfer lines, respectively, after the subject-illuminating imaging and the subject-non-illuminating imaging; and acquiring an image by the subject-illuminating imaging and an image by the subject-non-illuminating imaging from the charges having been read out and transferred from the first groups and the second groups of light receiving elements, respectively.