Korean Bath House and Spa Tips

Korean bath houses, aka jimjilbangs, are a huge part of Korean culture, so we’re gonna take you to one of the biggest in all of Korea, Spa Land in Busan, for this week’s Wonderful Adventure Now Korea!

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We are going to Spa Land today. And even though it has the word spa in it, it’s not like kind of a western style spa, where there’s a guy named Raul who’s gonna give you water with like, lemon and lime essence while he massages your back. This is more like a gourmet bath house. So this are located everywhere in Korea. You can see them in tons of places, but they got different levels. We are going to the swankiest of all bath houses in Korea. I don’t know if it’s the swankiest. But it’s kind of like, public swanky. Now there’re two parts to every single Korean sauna. There’s basically the mok-yolk-tahng, which is the bath house area where you get naked and scrubbed down. [M] And for obvious reasons- [S] We can’t film any of that because we can’t show dicks on camera. But we’ll be bringing cameras into the gym-jill-bahng. Which I’m sure you’ve heard that phrase before, that is the coed part. And that part has a lot of cool places as well, like cold rooms and hot rooms and- [M] Let’s not give it all away. [S] We’re gonna show you what it’s like. Fast forward. Hey, hey! Hey you! Yeah, you! You’re going to a bath house in Korea? You hit the mok-yolk-tahng? Well I’ll show you something. Yeah baby, this is my mok-yolk-tahng supply kit! Now when you go to a mok-yolk-tahng, you can just buy the stuff that they have available to you. But I like to bring my own, ok? It’s gonna be a personal hair wash and body experience. So I’ve got my shampoo and conditioner. I’ve got my body cream and my body wash. I’ve got a lip balm, a hair brush, I have a little tooth brush I can toss out and tooth paste. I also love doing hair packs when I’m there. And importantly, I’m not doing hair dye, which is forbidden! I have a face mask. I also have all my deep cleansing foams and scrubamababs. I got my cream for the end because you’ll get really dried up. And after I soak in all the bath tubs, I’m gonna do some intensive deep shaving. I don’t think the words ‘deep’ and ‘shaving’ shoulg go together. I’m even gonna clip my toenails. I’m gonna clean my ears. These are little pre-packed q-tips with little scoop ends. And very very importantly- Ta-ta-ta-da ta-ta-ta-da-ta-da. It’s my italy towel. Which is made in Korea and we don’t know why it’s called italy. But this is the towel that you use to scrub off all of your disgusting dead skin. When you first enter any gym-jill-bahng, there’s gonna be kind of like a little ledge area. And that’s where you take your shoes off right away. And then you come on over here, and there’s gonna be like a key. Or maybe you’ll get a receipt, in this case we got a receipt with a number on it. That’s gonna match your- Just your shoe locker. Ok, and some people come here and they’re like how am I supposed to fit all my stuff in here, it’s so tiny. You’re just removing your shoes and entering the like dirt free zone of wonderfulness. And then with the same number, it’s gonna be matching inside the women’s and men’s locker room with a much larger locker where you can leave all your other stuff. This is also for payment. How cool is that? So after, when you’re paying for things inside of the like gym-jill-bahng area, or like a massage chair or whatever, they’re just gonna scan it. And then afterwards when you check out, you give them this key and then you pay for whatever you put on it. Be careful you don’t give this to your kids. They go running around like charging up, bingsoo, bingsoo, bingsoo! Super pro tip, they only give you two towels, always ask for an extra one. Unless you’re a boy, in which case you get unlimited towels. [L] Which is super not fair. [SZ] I know. [SZ, L] Infinite towels for boys. My god, look at this thing. We’re about to get naked so I thing we should, uh- [L] Simon is in super nap mode. Bye. Are you coming? [M] See you later, buddy. [L] These are the really really- These are the super hot ones. [M] I can feel it. [L] There’s this one and then there’s that one. Simon doesn’t match because he’s a boy, he got a brown color. [S] Yeah. [SZ] Looks like some kind of- a brown fool. [L] Poop color. [S] That was clever. You look like some kind of a brown fool. It’s gonna be like that. And then you’re basically gonna roll the ends like a pair of socks. That’s tart. [S] But very refreshing. [M] Isn’t it? Considering how exhausted I am from all the heat. That’s not a jugging drink. [L] They super undilute it here. Like you’re supposed to mix it with water, they mix it with very little water here, which is like high quality. [S] They mix it with other vinegar. [M] Then we take vinegar and mix it with vinegar and we add ice. [L] It’s supposed to be very good for digestion. [M] Yeah, vinegar is supposed to be amazing- [S] My digestion is already pretty great so. [M] I’m not sure about that. [M] Alright this is what I always call the guun geos egg. Which is totally not the correct name for it but basically it’s because it’s a baked egg. You can see the color of it, see how there’s like kind of spots where it’s brown here. [M] And then it’s like even, and the inside is totally cooked. [S] Martina’s passion for these eggs- Is a bit too overwhelming. It’s an egg. [S] We’ve had eggs before. [M] I like them. And it comes with little tiny salts. Hey Simon, we can do Polish tradition. On Easter, everyone wounds up getting their own egg. And then they square up with each other. And then they hit the fronts of it. Only one egg will crack. And it becomes like a sweet 16 kind of elimination round. And the last person standing with an uncracked egg, if they eat that egg, they get a year of good luck. Now, Simon is a cheater. He’ll try to come back at you in an angle. That’s exactly it, you gotta watch it because like- My parents would be like, what’s that over there? Bam! Gotcha from the other side. Ready? Damn! He fu**ing tried to cheat, what a cheater! [S] I lost. [SZ] 1, 2, 3. Oh, sh**! That’s never happened before. [S] That’s not how you play the game. [M] It was way too hard. [S] This is not supposed to be like smash it. You’re supposed to hit like, tap. [M] So nobody has a year of good luck, that’s what you’re saying. [L] Soo Zee, you don’t like them? I don’t either. [L] They’re rubbery and hard and not- [S] You’re terrible. [S] Let’s see if this one is any better. [M] No? [S] No. [S] Did you get blueberry? [S] That is what you’re supposed to do in Korean spas. This is my nightmare here. Every single room is warm. I hate warm rooms. I love cold brisk fresh air. I don’t like hot air like this. Let’s go into the roman room. 38,6ºC. No. The wave dream room. 39,7ºC. Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. Way too warm, fu** that, I’m leaving. The pyramid room at 54ºC. Here says no cellphones, it may cause explosion. Oh I can’t even step in there. That’s fu**ing nuts! The SEV room. Nope, way too warm for me. The Haman room. Nope. Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. Everything here is too warm. [SZ] Just right. I agree, just right. [S] No, this is terrible. I hate this so much. [M] This is also known as the temperature of our bedroom. [S] Yes, this is warmer than our bedroom in fact. Almost paradise. A room with air conditioning. It’s only 19ºC and it can go down to 18ºC. And it should right now. [S] This thing massages your butthole. This gets all right up in there- [M] It’s like, it goes down your spine and then it just goes to your butthole like uh. I wanna get off the ride. Come to Busan and let them massage your butthole. So that’s it for this week’s so so adventure now Korea. [M] It was a fantastic adventure. [S] I wouldn’t really call it wonderful. [S] I’d call it alright. It was ok. [M] Alright as in- I think the bigger problem with coming to a spa is that afterwards you’re so like mellow and relaxed. [M] You don’t wanna do anything afterwards. [S] No. But we’re still gonna be filming some videos since we’re in Busan. So we’ll see if we ever make it to our video tonight, cuz- I might go back to that massage chair. Otherwise we also have a whole bunch of tips and tricks for your adventure to Spa Land or to any other Korean bath house. Make sure you click on the link here so you can read a blog post with all the necessary information you will need in order to enjoy your life at a Korean spa. I know it can be really overwhelming and a lot of people just skip it altogether. [M] But trust me, it’s an awesome experience even if you get naked with your friends. [S] Try it. [L] How do you feel after your spa experience? I wanna go back to that magician chair. Always good, always baby smooth. And magical. [M] And how do you feel after your spa experience, sir? Why am I doing anything else? It’s nap time. Come here, snuggle me- Into my bosom. I’m a good cuddler, I give off so much body warmth. You and me, let’s do it. Get in my beard, ah yeah.