In a method of writing into a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device including a resistance memory element which memorizes a high resistance state and a low resistance state and switches between the high resistance state and the low resistance state by an application of a voltage, a variable resistor is parallelly connected to the resistance memory element, and when the voltage is applied to the resistance memory element to switch the resistance memory element between the high resistance state and the low resistance state, a resistance value of the variable resistor is set corresponding to the resistance state of the resistance memory element so that a writing circuit for applying the voltage to the resistance memory element, and a synthetic resistor of the resistance memory element and the variable resistor make the impedance-matching.