In a light emitting device having a light emitting element, mounted on a substrate, at least one portion of which is coated with a mold component, the mold component is provided with resin particles and or inorganic material particles, phosphor particles and a sealing resin, and phosphor particles have a specific gravity different from that of resin particles and / or the inorganic material particles, and are made from a grain-shaped phosphor which, when irradiating with excited light, emits fluorescent light having a wavelength longer than that of the excited light, with resin particles and / or the inorganic material particles and the phosphor particles being dispersed in sealing resin; thus, the present invention relates to such a light emitting device and a method for manufacturing the same.