Taenoyu vs Kyukamura at Nyuto Onsen

Hi folks,

We want to spend two nights at Nyuto Onsen and do a bit of onsen hopping in late April next year.

However, we could only get 1 night at Yamanoyado. For the other night we have the option to either stay at Taenoyu or Kyukamura. For our budget we can only afford the small room without toilet at Taenoyu but for the same price, we can have a slightly bigger room with toilet at Kyukamura.

It seems the onsen options and style at Taenoyu are more special than Kyukamura? But Kyukamura is more secluded amongst the beech forest?

Can anyone recommend us or share your experience in either onsen: Kyukamura or Taenoyu?

Much obliged.

Just in case anyone finds this useful - we ended up staying at Kyukamura and visited the surrounding onsen on foot, including Taenoyu. The onsen at Kyukamura are large, good water quality and the breakfast buffet was satisfyingly delicious.

Taenoyu was about 5min walk from Kyukamura and the onsen there was more exotically designed, one of which looked out into a river which at the time looked brown, possibly due to clay or the soil colour.

We had lunch at Taenoyu and it was superb. So the difference is mainly the price and that Kyukamura is more scenic with lots of trees, whereas Taenoyu is right beside a river.