Open-air outdoor bath
Uses natural hot spring water
Shared bathing area for all genders
Towels available to rent or borrow
Irina
This happened completely unplanned. I was planning to go to Ganiba (the next stop after Taenoyu), but I had a bout of social anxiety - a huge group of Chinese tourists hinted that maybe I didn't want to walk naked 50 meters through the forest and sit in the onsen shoulder to shoulder with that crowd. In the end, Taenoyu turned out to be a super cute place (later I read that it's especially popular with women) - a small ryokan, everything wooden, day-use from 10:30 to 15:00 for 1,000 yen.