Comments on: Jjimjilbang (찜질방) http://www.randomwire.com/jjimjilbang?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jjimjilbang Exploring asian culture, travel and technology Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:41:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pasi http://www.randomwire.com/jjimjilbang/comment-page-1#comment-42618 Pasi Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:43:13 +0000 http://www.randomwire.com/2008/03/20/jjimjilbang-%ec%b0%9c%ec%a7%88%eb%b0%a9/#comment-42618 I just came a week ago from South Korea and I visited a sauna in Seoul near Central Station. We have saunas here in Finland too, but the culture is different. In Finland a sauna is mostly family property, In Korea it is a public site. It is funny that the first question from a foreigner is about nudity. Of course you have to be nude in the sauna, if you want to sweat and wash yourself. The code is such that the women and girls go together, men and boys go together. Of cource wife can go with his husband and small children up to 5-6 years with parents. Another thing is the temperature:80 degC or even 130 degC is not HOT, if you do not try to be there too long and be carefull with the owen (kiuas) and other metal particles. (I'm jus coing from our own sauna, where we had 80 degC, which is a rather normal temperature in a Finnish family sauna) In Finnish sauna you can get more feeling of heath by throwing water on the owen. You better check how an native makes this. A sauna with 130 degC and a large cup of water will burn your skin and lungs. In Korea the Sauna is a place for quiet peace. In Finland the peace is there, within the people, even if they drink beer and discuss noisily. I just came a week ago from South Korea and I visited a sauna in Seoul near Central Station.
We have saunas here in Finland too, but the culture is different. In Finland a sauna is mostly family property, In Korea it is a public site.
It is funny that the first question from a foreigner is about nudity. Of course you have to be nude in the sauna, if you want to sweat and wash yourself. The code is such that the women and girls go together, men and boys go together. Of cource wife can go with his husband and small children up to 5-6 years with parents.

Another thing is the temperature:80 degC or even 130 degC is not HOT, if you do not try to be there too long and be carefull with the owen (kiuas) and other metal particles.
(I’m jus coing from our own sauna, where we had 80 degC, which is a rather normal temperature in a Finnish family sauna)

In Finnish sauna you can get more feeling of heath by throwing water on the owen. You better check how an native makes this. A sauna with 130 degC and a large cup of water will burn your skin and lungs.

In Korea the Sauna is a place for quiet peace. In Finland the peace is there, within the people, even if they drink beer and discuss noisily.

]]> By: David http://www.randomwire.com/jjimjilbang/comment-page-1#comment-38421 David Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:26:54 +0000 http://www.randomwire.com/2008/03/20/jjimjilbang-%ec%b0%9c%ec%a7%88%eb%b0%a9/#comment-38421 No (short question, short answer!) No (short question, short answer!)

]]> By: Pam http://www.randomwire.com/jjimjilbang/comment-page-1#comment-38420 Pam Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:21:25 +0000 http://www.randomwire.com/2008/03/20/jjimjilbang-%ec%b0%9c%ec%a7%88%eb%b0%a9/#comment-38420 Do you have to be nude in this facility? Do you have to be nude in this facility?

]]> By: David http://www.randomwire.com/jjimjilbang/comment-page-1#comment-38419 David Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:57:23 +0000 http://www.randomwire.com/2008/03/20/jjimjilbang-%ec%b0%9c%ec%a7%88%eb%b0%a9/#comment-38419 Luckily no pictures were taken!! Luckily no pictures were taken!!

]]> By: Margaret http://www.randomwire.com/jjimjilbang/comment-page-1#comment-38418 Margaret Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:34:16 +0000 http://www.randomwire.com/2008/03/20/jjimjilbang-%ec%b0%9c%ec%a7%88%eb%b0%a9/#comment-38418 The "sheeps head" picture of you on flickr will be a highlight :-) The “sheeps head” picture of you on flickr will be a highlight :-)

]]>