KOREAN SPA

Jjimjilbang a large, gender-segregated public bath house in Korea furnished with hot tubes, showers, Korean traditional saunas and massage table. Jjimjil is derived from the words meaning heated bath.

However, in other areas of the building or on other floors there are unisex areas, usually with a snack bar, heated floor for lounging and sleeping, wide-screen TVs, exercise rooms, ice rooms, heated salt rooms and sleeping quarters with either bunk beds or sleeping mats. Many of the sleeping rooms can have themes.

Usually Jjimjilbangs will have various rooms with different temperatures to suit guests' preferred relaxing temperatures. The walls are decorated with different woods, minerals, crystals, stones, and metals. Most jjimjilbangs are open 24 hours and are a popular weekend getaway for Korean families.