Tiway Sayion began his studies at Shuilien Elementary at the age of nine, and was a member of the last class to graduate under Japanese rule-in that year Japan lost the Second World War and returned Taiwan to Chinese rule.
九歲時，李來旺進入水璉國小就讀，是日本在台的最後一屆畢業生──畢業那年，日本戰敗，台灣回歸暌違半世紀的祖國，成為中華民國台灣省。