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 in which the winding has been completed, wherein the winding unit includes a yarn joining device arranged between the yarn supplying section and the winding section in a yarn travelling direction and configured to subject a yarn from the yarn supplying section and a yarn from the winding section to yarn joining; a yarn accumulating device arranged between the yarn joining device and the winding section in the yarn travelling direction and configured to accumulate the yarn; and a guiding mechanism configured to guide a yarn from the package to the yarn joining device after passing the yarn through the yarn accumulating device when the yarn has become discontinuous between the package and the yarn accumulating device, and characterized in that the doffing device includes a yarn transferring mechanism configured to guide to the guiding mechanism the yarn from the package that is rotating in a reverse direction that is opposite of a direction when winding the yarn when the yarn has become discontinuous between the package and the yarn accumulating device. 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 in which the winding has been completed, wherein the winding unit includes a yarn joining device arranged between the yarn supplying section and the winding section in a yarn travelling direction and configured to subject a yarn from the yarn supplying section and a yarn from the winding section to yarn joining; a yarn accumulating device arranged between the yarn joining device and the winding section in the yarn travelling direction and configured to accumulate the yarn; and a guiding mechanism configured to guide a yarn from the package to the yarn joining device after passing the yarn through the yarn accumulating device when the yarn has become discontinuous between the package and the yarn accumulating device, and a yarn joining device arranged between the yarn supplying section and the winding section in a yarn travelling direction and configured to subject a yarn from the yarn supplying section and a yarn from the winding section to yarn joining; a yarn accumulating device arranged between the yarn joining device and the winding section in the yarn travelling direction and configured to accumulate the yarn; and a guiding mechanism configured to guide a yarn from the package to the yarn joining device after passing the yarn through the yarn accumulating device when the yarn has become discontinuous between the package and the yarn accumulating device, and characterized in that the doffing device includes a yarn transferring mechanism configured to guide to the guiding mechanism the yarn from the package that is rotating in a reverse direction that is opposite of a direction when winding the yarn when the yarn has become discontinuous between the package and the yarn accumulating device.