Abstract: The invention provides an optical pickup device and a method of manufacturing the optical pickup device that allows an optical device to come to be held after one principal surface of a housing is covered with a covering plate. Most of the principal surface of the optical pickup device provided with the objective lens is covered with the cover. A hole is provided by partially removing the cover at a portion corresponding to the position where a light emitting device is to be disposed. In this manner, even after the housing is covered with the cover, the optical device can be touched through the hole.