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Ten Thousand Waves is one of America's most singular hospitality experiences — a Japanese-style mountain spa resort in the Sangre de Cristo foothills above Santa Fe, where New Mexico's 7,000-foot altitude delivers some of the darkest skies and most brilliant stars in the continental United States. The spa is built around a traditional Japanese onsen philosophy: communal and private outdoor wooden soaking tubs, shiatsu massage, steam cave, and a wood-fired Japanese-style sauna (ofuro). The 14 overnight lodging accommodations range from simple mountain casitas to the luxurious House of the Moon suite with private tub and garden. Santa Fe's Plaza, Canyon Road galleries, and world-class museums are 15 minutes down the mountain. The combination of Japanese aesthetic precision, New Mexico's high desert light, and the sound of wind in the ponderosa pines creates an atmosphere unlike anywhere else in America.
