A mobile communication method for performing communications between an originating terminal and a terminating terminal through a radio access network and a core network, includes: sending a bearer setup request, in the originating terminal, to a first session control device controlling a location area of the originating terminal, the bearer setup request requesting to set a bearer for the communications between the originating terminal and the terminating terminal; and performing a process of sending a communication start request for the terminating terminal in response to the bearer setup request in parallel with a process of commanding a bearer setup device to set the bearer, in the first session control device.