To simplify a spring guide, in a hydraulic shock absorber, and to stably guide a suspension spring by the spring guide, while restraining friction imparted to the suspension spring by the spring guide from being generated.

The spring guide 30 includes a cylindrical body 31 insertion-attached to an outer circumference of a damper cylinder 11, in the hydraulic shock absorber 10, a centering guide part 33 for centering the cylindrical body 31 to the outer circumference of the damper cylinder 11 is formed in part of an inner circumferential face of the cylindrical body 31, and a spring guide part 35 for guiding the suspension spring 13 via a micro clearance with respect to an inner circumference of the suspension spring 13 is formed in part of an outer circumferential face of the cylindrical body 31.