In an airtight container manufacturing method including sealing a through-hole by a cover, it secures sealing performance and restrains a
sealant from flowing into the through-hole. The method comprises: (a) exhausting the inside of a container through the through-hole provided on the container; (b) arranging a plate member having, at its periphery, grooves penetrating the plate member in its plate thickness direction on the outer surface of the container the inside of which has been exhausted, so as to
close up the through-hole; and (c) arranging the cover so as to cover the plate member via the
sealant and bonding the cover and the outer surface of the container via the
sealant, wherein the sealing includes hardening the sealant after deforming the sealant as pressing the plate member by the cover so that the sealant is positioned between the cover and the outer surface of the container via the grooves.