A method for manufacturing a touch panel that includes applying a UV (ultraviolet) curing resin on a surface of a decorative film, forming a peripheral curing area by curing a peripheral area of the decorative film by radiating a UV light thereto, placing a touch panel body on the UV curing resin after the forming of the peripheral curing area, and forming an inner curing area by curing the UV curing resin by radiating the UV light thereto and adhering the decorative film and the touch panel body to each other at the inner curing area.