Variable valve apparatus for OHC type internal combustion engine

To provide a variable valve apparatus for an OHC type internal combustion engine which can keep a good maintenance performance of an ignition plug while miniaturization of a cylinder head is achieved by disposing a pressing force generation source at a position which is not far from the ignition plug and at which the pressing force generation source does not make an obstacle to a mounting and dismounting operation of the ignition plug. There is provided a variable valve apparatus for an OHC type internal combustion engine, in which a pressing force generation source (75) is attached to a wall face (100L) of a cylinder head (33) on which an ignition plug (49) is provided in a projecting manner. An accommodation case (77, 78) which accommodates a main body of the pressing force generation source (75) therein is provided at a position at which the accommodation case (77, 78) does not overlap with an ignition plug center axial line (Cs), which is directed by the ignition plug (49), as viewed in a cylinder axial line direction.