A virtual image display device comprising: an image display element configured to display an image to be displayed as a virtual image; a propagation optical system configured to propagate light from the image display element; and a light guide member configured to guide the light propagated by the propagation optical system, the light guide member including: a light beam incident part that introduces light including image information from the propagation optical system into the light guide member; an image extractor that extracts the light including image information from an inside of the light guide member; and an image emitter that emits the light including image information to an outside of the light guide member, wherein the light beam incident part includes an aperture having a width in a first direction and a width in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the width in the first direction being narrower than the width in the second direction, the propagation optical system includes one or more refractive lenses each having a curved surface shape that is non-rotationally symmetric with respect to an optical axis, wherein each refractive lens having a curved surface shape that is non-rotationally symmetric with respect to an optical axis has a positive power in the first direction, wherein the propagation optical system includes a relay optical system that forms an intermediate image of the image displayed on the image display element on a side facing the image display element, and a collimator optical system on a side facing the light guide member of the intermediate image, and wherein the one or more refractive lenses each having a curved surface shape that is non-rotationally symmetric with respect to the optical axis are provided in at least one of the relay optical system and the collimator optical system. an image display element configured to display an image to be displayed as a virtual image; a propagation optical system configured to propagate light from the image display element; and a light guide member configured to guide the light propagated by the propagation optical system, the light guide member including: a light beam incident part that introduces light including image information from the propagation optical system into the light guide member; an image extractor that extracts the light including image information from an inside of the light guide member; and an image emitter that emits the light including image information to an outside of the light guide member, a light beam incident part that introduces light including image information from the propagation optical system into the light guide member; an image extractor that extracts the light including image information from an inside of the light guide member; and an image emitter that emits the light including image information to an outside of the light guide member, wherein the light beam incident part includes an aperture having a width in a first direction and a width in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the width in the first direction being narrower than the width in the second direction, the propagation optical system includes one or more refractive lenses each having a curved surface shape that is non-rotationally symmetric with respect to an optical axis, wherein each refractive lens having a curved surface shape that is non-rotationally symmetric with respect to an optical axis has a positive power in the first direction, wherein the propagation optical system includes a relay optical system that forms an intermediate image of the image displayed on the image display element on a side facing the image display element, and a collimator optical system on a side facing the light guide member of the intermediate image, and wherein the one or more refractive lenses each having a curved surface shape that is non-rotationally symmetric with respect to the optical axis are provided in at least one of the relay optical system and the collimator optical system.