An element is mounted on a carrier by removing an oxide film sufficiently. An element mounting method in which electrodes of the element are fusion bonded to electrodes of the carrier so that the element is mounted on the carrier, the method includes the steps of: positioning the electrodes of the element at electrodes of carrier respectively, one of the electrodes of the carrier being a striped electrode in an arc shape formed on a concentric circle centered on one of the electrodes of the element, and another being a center electrode formed near the center location of the concentric circle; and then rubbing the striped electrode of the carrier and an electrode of the element together in a direction of the concentric circle centered the center electrode so as to fusion bond the electrodes.