A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: an active matrix substrate; a counter substrate; and a liquid crystal layer (512) including light-diffusing liquid crystal that has (i) when no voltage is being applied thereto, a first display state in which the liquid crystal molecules are aligned irregularly, and (ii) when a voltage is being applied, a second display state in which the liquid crystal molecules are aligned regularly, the active matrix substrate having a first surface which is below a surface on which pixel electrodes (504) are provided, the first surface having a first region on which a gap between adjacent pixel electrodes (504) is projected, the first region having partial regions which orthogonally cross gate bus lines GL (501), source bus lines SL (502) being each provided in a second region at a location shifted from a corresponding one of the partial regions so that the source bus line SL (502) is covered by the adjacent pixel electrodes (504).