Disclosed herein is a method for producing hydrogel particles including the steps of: solidifying an aqueous solution in which a gel agent forming a non-crosslinked hydrogel is dissolved and which has a gel point of 30°C or more by putting the aqueous solution into a liquid phase having a temperature of equal to or lower than the gel point； and crushing a solidified product obtained by solidifying the aqueous solution in which the gel agent is dissolved.
