Provided is a tilting pad type journal bearing capable of reducing the amount of oil that has to be supplied to the bearing. A bearing comprises nozzles 5 which are each arranged between pads 2 to supply lubricating oil to sliding surfaces 14 of the pads 2. The sliding surface 14 of each of the pad 2 is formed so that the width of the sliding surface 14 increases as it goes from a front edge part towards a rear edge part thereof. A tip end part of each of the nozzles 5 has a groove part 18 which induces a flow heading from lateral parts towards the center in the width direction, in an oil flow from the rear edge part of the sliding surface 14 of an upstream pad 2 to the front edge part of the sliding surface 14 of a downstream pad 2.
