To solve a problem that, though particle-like beads, hollow fibers and the like are brought into practical use to secure surface areas for adhesion in a large scale culture of adherent cells, those methods are in lack of simplicity with bad efficiency in sowing cells, requirement of specific processes for sowing the cells and the like and are accompanied with difficulty in industrially using the adherent cells.

A carrier for cell culture is provided. The carrier is a solid body made by cutting external portions of a minute hollow body having the external shape of a sphere, an ellipsoid, a polyhedron, a cylinder or a pyramid and a 50-2,000 m maximum major diameter and a maximum length perpendicular to the maximum major diameter, has an inner wall to a hollow part of which adherent cells can adhere, 5-40% opening on the external shape surface connecting the external space with the hollow part. A method for culturing adherent cells is also provided using the carrier for culturing cells.