A yarn winding device comprising: a winding unit configured to pull a yarn from a yarn supplying section and to wind the yarn on a winding tube in a winding section to form a package; and a doffing device configured to doff from the winding unit a package when the winding of the yarn is completed, wherein the winding unit includes a traversing drum configured to rotate while being in contact with the package and to traverse the yarn while rotating the package; a yarn accumulating device arranged between the yarn supplying section and the winding section in a yarn travelling direction for temporarily accumulating the yarn; and a controlling section configured to control the traversing drum, and characterized in that the winding unit includes a yarn detecting section capable of detecting the yarn traversed by the traversing drum; and the doffing device includes a yarn holding and cutting section capable of holding and cutting the yarn when the yarn between the package and the yarn accumulating device is at a predetermined position in a traversing area, and the controlling section is configured to control, when the winding of the yarn is completed, a rotation of the traversing drum based on an output of the yarn detecting section such that, when the yarn between the package and the yarn accumulating device is continuous, to stop the rotation of the package so that the yarn between the package and the yarn accumulating device stops at the predetermined position. a winding unit configured to pull a yarn from a yarn supplying section and to wind the yarn on a winding tube in a winding section to form a package; and a doffing device configured to doff from the winding unit a package when the winding of the yarn is completed, wherein the winding unit includes a traversing drum configured to rotate while being in contact with the package and to traverse the yarn while rotating the package; a yarn accumulating device arranged between the yarn supplying section and the winding section in a yarn travelling direction for temporarily accumulating the yarn; and a controlling section configured to control the traversing drum, and a traversing drum configured to rotate while being in contact with the package and to traverse the yarn while rotating the package; a yarn accumulating device arranged between the yarn supplying section and the winding section in a yarn travelling direction for temporarily accumulating the yarn; and a controlling section configured to control the traversing drum, and characterized in that the winding unit includes a yarn detecting section capable of detecting the yarn traversed by the traversing drum; and the doffing device includes a yarn holding and cutting section capable of holding and cutting the yarn when the yarn between the package and the yarn accumulating device is at a predetermined position in a traversing area, and the controlling section is configured to control, when the winding of the yarn is completed, a rotation of the traversing drum based on an output of the yarn detecting section such that, when the yarn between the package and the yarn accumulating device is continuous, to stop the rotation of the package so that the yarn between the package and the yarn accumulating device stops at the predetermined position.