Mario Martinez

Review of Ten Thousand Waves

This is a transcendent Japanese spa experience. Ki...

This is a transcendent Japanese spa experience. Kind, friendly and attentive service; knowledgeable, professional and caring masseuses; serenely beautiful, secluded, forested mountain setting; ecologically mindful; clean and well maintained. The baths are relaxing and open to their natural surroundings while still maintaining privacy. The lodging invokes the same peaceful tranquility with a variety of themed rooms that are like small cottages hidden in a magic forest. I love climbing up the lanterned paths through the trees, in just my kimono and sandals to the hot baths. The izakaya style restaurant, Izanami, is a brilliant and top-notch addition to the grounds. I've been coming here for 20 years and with each visit, they've made it more enjoyable, more wondrous and harder to say goodbye to. A gorgeous spa, in a lovely forest, in an enchanted land.