6. An information reproducing apparatus for reproducing information from an information recording medium having a management information area and recording information area, the recording information area including a plurality of record information pieces constituting a hierarchical structure comprising a plurality of hierarchical layers; the management information area including: a layer information piece for specifying one of the plurality of hierarchical layers; a kind information piece for indicating a kind of information relating to one of the record information pieces; a text group including a plurality of text information comprising a plurality of layer related texts and a plurality of record information related texts, at least one of the plurality of layer related texts describing information related to the layer specified by the layer information piece, and at least one of the plurality of record information related texts describing information related to the kind of information indicated by the kind information piece; a text arrangement piece, arranged in pair with one of the layer information piece and the kind information piece, indicating a position of a text information corresponding to the paired one of the layer information piece and the kind information piece, said apparatus comprising: reading means for reading the information recording medium thereby obtaining a read signal; demodulating means for demodulating the read signal thereby obtaining a demodulated signal; detecting means for detecting, from the demodulated signal, the text group; and displaying means for displaying information corresponding to at least a portion of the text information within the text group.
7. The apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising: selecting means for selecting information displayed by the displaying means; and reproduction control means for reproducing a record information piece corresponding to the information selected by the selecting means.