A winding apparatus, includes a winding core, a wire rod being wound on the winding core; a pair of flyers arranged across the winding core in an axial direction; flyer rotation means for rotating either one or both of the pair of flyers; wire storage tools respectively detachably provided on the pair of flyers, the wire rod to be wound on the winding core being stored on the wire storage tools; and tension devices respectively provided on the pair of flyers, the tension devices applying a tension to the wire rod fed from the wire storage tools and introduced to the winding core.