Saturday, September 4, 2010
찜질방 - Jjim Jil Bang
If you live in Korea, you must experience a Jjim Jil Bang at least a few times. My video posted was during a time I slept in Chuncheon before officially living here, and also before I had a Flip Video Camera, which is not the best quality. Coming in for the first time might be a shock for people who are shy about being showering around a bunch of strangers.
Why would people sleep in a place that is not too comfortable? For one, it has many rooms and activities in one location 1) Shower Room, 2) Sauna, 3) PC Bang / Arcade, 4) Exercise Area, 5) Massage, 6) Restaurant, and 7) Sleeping. It also is a way for Koreans to interact closely which is just part of their culture. To miss out on it, would be avoiding to see a key part of what Korea is. For my personal reasons, it was a cheap place to stay, and a way to motivate me to learn to sleep in an uncomfortable environment.
Watch my video to get a glimpse of what one Jjim Jil Bang is like in Chuncheon. If you specifically want this Jjim Jil Bang, the name is:
"Jasujung Bool Sauna (Hangeul: 자수정 불사우나). This place is ₩8,000 per night. The lobby will give customers a pair of night clothes. This place includes blankets to rent, but must be done so before 12:30AM (otherwise, the shop will be closed). This place also includes an indoor PC Bang, an exercise room, and a restaurant.
Tell the taxi driver the name of the jjim jil bang, but if necessary tell him the address is Yagsa-dong (Hangeul: 약사동) 150-10."
- Taken from WikiTravel - however, I wrote that section.
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Hi - I just came across your blog as I saw a posting you'd put on waygook.org....
ReplyDeleteI too teach in Gangwon-do and have just started a website to help people travel around the province. My Chuncheon section could be greatly increased, and I'm looking for people who live there to help me out and be contributors for the site. I wondered if you or any of your friends might fancy helping out?
The site is www.thesouthkoreatravelguide.com - check it out and let me know what you think!
If you wanted to contribute any info, you'd be credited fully for it, and could also be included on our contributors page at http://www.thesouthkoreatravelguide.com/thesouthkoreatravelguide_contributors.html where we could link to your blog too :-)
Anyway, hope you like the site, thanks for taking the time to read this message! And keep up the good work on the blog.
Claire
Oh sorry - forgot to put in the email address! It's contributions@thesouthkoreatravelguide.com
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Yeah, I saw your site and though of posting some things, but am still new to this city, even though I've been here many times before actually transferring here. Feel free to use whatever on this site, if you link to this site. I'll send you an email about this. There are some places I've been to, but haven't actually taken photos of yet. I have a video project under construction, but don't want to say anything else about it yet, because it might be awhile to finish it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for viewing this site!