A method for manufacturing a light emitting device includes: providing a substrate; placing a light emitting element on a top surface of the substrate; arranging on the top surface of the substrate a translucent frame body that is spaced apart from the light emitting element and that surrounds the light emitting element so that a top surface of the translucent frame body is at a position higher than a top surface of the light emitting element; arranging a wavelength conversion member in a region surrounded by the translucent frame body so as to cover the top surface and a side surface of the light emitting element and to be in contact with an inside surface of the frame body; and forming a translucent member that covers the substrate, the translucent frame body, and the wavelength conversion member.