A light emitting device includes: a semiconductor laser element (10) having a first emission face for emitting laser light; a light guiding body (40) buried in the concave portion (20a) of the supporting base (20), guiding the laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser element (10), and having an incident face (40a) to which the laser light enters, and a second emission face (40b) from which the laser light traveling through the light guiding body (40) is emitted, the incident face (40a) of the light guiding body (40) being such a curved face that an incident angle of the laser light is within a predetermined range including the Brewster angle in a plane formed by a traveling direction of the laser light and a short axis of a light emitting spot of the laser light; and a fluorescent substance (42) scattered in the light guiding body (40), absorbing the laser light, and emitting the light having a different wavelength from a wavelength of the laser light.