To provide a winding method and a winding apparatus for an optical fiber, which maintain a good effect of preventing fiber-striking and a destaticization effect and besides, satisfactorily wind the optical fiber.

There is provided the winding method for winding the optical fiber 1 on the barrel part 20b of a bobbin 20 by rotating the bobbin 20. In the method, when winding the optical fiber 1 on the barrel part 20b of the bobbin 20, the peripheral outside of the bobbin 20 at the winding location of the optical fiber 1 is covered with a fiber-striking prevention cover 30, and also, an ionized air is blown by each of static eliminators 41 to the winding location of the optical fiber 1 covered by the fiber-striking prevention cover 30 through a gap between the flange part 20a of the bobbin 20 and the fiber-striking prevention cover 30.