To provide an optical recording/reproducing apparatus, optical recording method and optical reproduction method, which can easily recognize whether or not the surface temperature of an optical recording medium capable of multiplexing recording by collinear holography is outside the allowable use temperature range and thus can achieve excellent reproduction free from displacement or deformation of image. The apparatus performs at least one of recording by application of an information beam and a reference beam to an optical recording medium having a recording layer for recording information by holography, and reproduction of information by application of a reproduction beam, and comprises at least one of: a warning unit configured to inform that, upon recording or reproduction, a surface temperature of the optical recording medium has fallen outside a use-allowable temperature range with respect to a reference temperature; and an aborting unit configured to display the fact that at least one of recording and reproduction will be aborted and abort the recording and reproduction, when the surface temperature has fallen outside a use-limit temperature range with respect to the reference temperature. Moreover, it is preferably an optical recording method or optical reproduction method.