A light emitting device includes a light emitting element which emits light with a first wavelength; and a light emitting conversion unit for converting the light with the first wavelength by using wavelength conversion materials including a short wavelength conversion material and a long wavelength conversion material, the short wavelength conversion material being that which emits light with a second wavelength longer in wavelength than the light with the first wavelength, by absorbing the light with the first wavelength, and the long wavelength conversion material being that which emits light with a wavelength longer than the second wavelength by absorbing the light with the first wavelength. A proportion of the short wavelength conversion material of the wavelength conversion materials included in a first region is smaller than that of the short wavelength conversion material of the wavelength conversion materials included in the entire light emitting conversion unit, and a proportion of the short wavelength conversion material of the wavelength conversion materials included in a second region is larger than that of the short wavelength conversion material of the wavelength conversion materials included in the entire light emitting conversion unit.