Light emitting device

A light emitting device, comprising:

• a substrate;
• a light emitting element placed on the substrate;
• a bonding member, having light transmitting property, for fixing the light emitting element to the substrate;
• and
• a sealing member for sealing the light emitting element and the bonding member, the sealing member having light transmitting property and containing a fluorophor, wherein:
• a fluorophor-containing area comprising the fluorophor is placed so as to be in contact with faces except a substrate-side lower face out of individual faces forming outer faces of the light emitting element and moreover in contact or out of contact with the substrate-side lower face of the light emitting element,
• the fluorophor is excited by emitted light of the light emitting element to emit fluorescent light is longer in wavelength than the emitted light;
• the substrate comprises, in its light emitting element-side surface, an overlapping portion coinciding and overlapping with the light emitting element, and grooves are provided outside at least one pair of opposite sides of the overlapping portion, and
• the bonding members are placed within the grooves, and the bonding member does not contain the fluorophor.