a cool girl's guide to KOREAN SAUNAS 🛁 what to eat, do, sleep! (a 12 hr adventure) 

Have you ever visited a Jjimjilbang?? Like if yes, comment if no :) Don't forget to subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss out on new videos! instagram.com/jyannalee/

If you ever go to Poland we have a salt cave called Wieliczka everything is made out of salt tables chandelier chairs great place for people with respiratory issues

Korean spas in Ktown LA are one of my FAVORITE things to do in all of Los Angeles. I only hate it when there are non Koreans (like me, I’m not Korean) who don’t research/ respect the culture of it and talk VERY loudly in every treatment room. It’s incredibly rude. I like to take people there for the first time. My favorite is taking girls who have really bad / sad feelings towards their bodies. I explain how at the spa bodies are just bodies. Young, old, all shapes and sizes. Entire families. Nobody is checking each other out or judging. It’s just natural. Relaxed. They are always terrified at first. They aren’t used to being totally naked, but then they fall in love with how it makes them feel. Connected to and enjoying their bodies without worrying how they look. Lots of body neutrality vibes (which is rare for Los Angeles) . Everyone I take there falls in love with going and gets addicted. They always feel better about themselves, a couple girls actually cried. Plus, if you do everything including hot/ cold treatments you leave feeling amazing! Like your skin is humming 😂 And it’s right up there with beach day or hiking day for me. A perfect girlfriend hangout day including eating at the restaurant and relaxing on the rooftop to chat and catch-up. And if I’m in the market for a massage, it’s one of my top places to get one. ❤️❤️❤️

Love this series, Anna! Keep them coming

Visiting a Jjimjilbang seems like a relaxing experience 😌 I think that I will fall asleep too 😄

It looks so fun and relaxing! Just like Anna to be the fashionista wherever she goes. Your videos are so versatile and getting better as you go along. Keep up the great work! Hope you have your friend in more of your videos. She seems really fun.

Please invite your friend on the podcast for an episode lol

Great vlog Anna! Thanks for adding the extra historical significance in these vlogs; the amount of work you put into it really shows😊

One of the best nights out I’ve ever had!! Let’s do this more often 🤪💙

Luv this vlog. We have a similar place here in the Chicago area. King Spa. A Korean sauna place. Same, start with shower, hot tubs, strange sauna etc. Men and women separate. Cause, ya naked. But yes they give towels and short/shirts. Main room has a movie theater with large leather recliners. A restaurant with cooked and other food/drinks. 8 different sauna rooms. Temps and what they are made of. Very cool. Plus an oxygen room and an ion room. And a sleeping room for overnight. Before pandemic I would go average of 3x a month with my boyfriend. Plus for extra $ you can get different personal massages too. Yeah. I love being pampered!

Oh so much fun! Your brave to do the Igloo room and the super hot room! It looked uncomfortable even though you probably felt like a million bucks after! Such a fun video! 👍 Love your cool girl series! 🫶

Looks like fun! I love that you and your friend having a chill girl's night out!

Anna, I love this series. There is a very small jjimjilbang in NYC's Ktown, which is the only one I know of in the NYC area that is 24 hrs. Most are early morning to late evening. Went to an upscale one in New Jersey called SoJo which was really nice. Many of the same amenities that you've shown, but of course super pricey. Weekday entry alone is $125, post pandemic prices. There is a more traditional jjimjilbang called King Spa a few miles away that looks and feels similar to the one you went to. Also, much more affordable at $49 for weekday.

Anna your videos are like blessing for me 💗 I am obsessed with ur videos :) You really make my day so much better 🌸

Hi Anna, I live in Queens NY and I visited my a jjimjilbang before the pandemic. The name is Spa Castle. It did close twice. Once because of an accident and again because of the pandemic. But it is open now. I spent a whole day with friends for my birthday. No everyone came because they didn't feel comfortable. But I had a great time. I even got a special head to toe massage and body scrub. I haven't been back since the pandemic. I do plan to go back. Seeing this video makes me want to visit it again. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day.

Really cool Anna!!! 😍🤩 Like when you bringing in the historical aspects in this series. Very entertaining and looking forward for more. 😍

Y’all’s British humor cracks me up! Greetings from Texas from a fellow Korean

" It is squeezing my a$$ as well" Anna Lee. The most memorable quotes of 2023 😆😂

I've never been to a bathhouse, but it looks like fun, especially if you were doing a "girls-night-out". I think if I lived in Korea I'd be as-big-as-a-house... the food looks sooooo good, especially the fried chicken. Anna, you do a great LIVE show as well. In America, many people have spas or pools, so I'm not sure a public bathhouse would do well in the US, and if they had public bathhouses, so much of the stuff would be stolen. So the price of the spa was $12.50, but I wonder about the price of the food.

Anna! You just answered a question that I always had lol, because I knew people shower first and then go to the sauna, but they never mention (and never show in kdramas) that they also shower after the sauna! I mean, it might be common sense, but I always had the doubt because they really never mention it and -for me- it wouldn't feel clean going out after being in those hot saunas sweating 🤣 Great video, thanks for the full korean sauna experience 😄

Wow, this is so interesting. We have nothing like that here in 🇲🇽. Thank you so much for sharing! I hope I get to visit and experience this someday🙏 Love your videos! 💜

Now this is on my list . I have so much on there already! Thanks for sharing

I went there based on your video and I had the best time ever. It was a great way to relax on the day before my flight back home. Thank you! :3

Hi Anna. Thanks for your video and recommendation, I visited this jjimjilbang last night and had an awesome experience. Went in at around 5pm and left at 11pm. We used the massage chair, saunas and ice room. But my absolute favorite was having the body scrub and massage done by the ajumas in the bath area. An amazing experience. As a foreigner I quickly got over my self consciousness and enjoyed the entire experience. I’d definitely recommend a visit to anyone visiting Seoul. Thanks again and Anna.

What a coincidence I was literally searching jimjilbangs to go to for my trip, ty Anna!

Such an entertaining vid and how cool that you had fun with your bff.

Woow... this looks so much fun. Thank u for the vlog, Anna.. 💜 love your friend, she is so fun 😄 love to try it ... love from Sri Lanka 💜💜

I love your video Anna lee you are amazing

I am relocating to Korea in 3 weeks with family and we are looking forward to heading to a Korean steamroom soon. Thanks for sharing and it's such a great insight into Korean bathing culture. New subscriber you have and looking forward to more videos.

i always saw these saunas in k-dramas when the son or the Daughter gets in a big fight with there parents & he/she runs away from Home and stays at a Sauna i always wondered: can you actually sleep there or its only in the dramas they do that ?! But it seems like you can sleep there (i learned something New today) i really enjoyed this video 😊

In here same thing happened to our saunas. After WW2 we had lots of public saunas. But now almost everyone have private saunas, in their home or cabin. In here transition was really fast. Since Finland has lost of space to expand their houses. So we have the room in our housings for Saunas. What i hear from koreans is that most people live in small apartment's that just don't have room for saunas. So many Families go spend time in Jjimjilbangs in weekend, and enjoy wide spaces that Jjimjilbangs offer.

Thanks Anna awesome video. Can’t wait to try it when I visit in October.

Thank you for telling us the name of the it!! Now I can actually look it up!

Hi Anna, so nice to see what I experienced in Corea around 13 yrs ago. Am 74 now and my group of Corean friends I was with were all 10 yrs younger. And for sure nice and thin, and I had my natural Canadian bulges but no one made me feel bad. I was super pleased to see a cpl of heavy set ladies in there, yeah! All shapes and sizes…so watching “King the land” and their experience is so much fun. This was my 1st time in a smaller city more in the south of Corea. Then when in Yongin-si, I went there with a young friend, younger than my sons, she was maybe 35 then with her hubby so there I saw more of all the many many types of rooms, hot or cold and a very large room for everyone, whole family friends that had a snack bar and even soju & beer. What an awakening for someone like me from Victoria, small city. But I don’t know if there are any in larger cities in the eastern parts of my country where over 10,000 Coreans live, like Toronto. The Corean culture is so friendly and wonderful, I stayed 6 months my 1st time, didn’t wanna come back home. Went back twice but no jimjilbangs those times. But 노래방 yes. I could never pay back all the friendliness I receive there from dozens of people I met. My friends kept introducing me to more and more of their friends but, I don’t have many friends. So…when they came here…I did my very best. Anyway, I’ll continue watching your fun videos. Thanks so much. Oh I just saw there is one in Toronto. Wow.

That was really interesting. Thanks for making the video 😊

It seems like so funny there. I want to def try it when I visit there.

7:45 omg I love Maangchi! I was surprised when that clip played! My worlds colliding 😂😂

This was such a super interesting and informative video! Thanks for taking us along 😊. Will definitely consider trying a Jjimjilbang if I get a chance to visit Korea.

I am jealous of her enough time and I like fluent English.

Hi Anna. 👋 Thank you for showing jjimjilbang. I watched it in blackpink 24 x7 series ...

Great video, Anna :). I'll be solo traveling soon, but I want to try one of these saunas

That looks incredibly relaxing. Thanks for sharing

You are really creative

Your friend seems like fun!

Love your videos Anna 💖

Thank you so much for the video, I’ll be adding this to my itinerary! Can you please do a video on foreigner friendly karaoke?

Hi Anna, what's the 1st & 2nd best facial spa in Seoul and Gangnam? Maybe do a video for the best facial spas in the most visited cities in Korea?

So much fun ! Thanks for this vlog 💕 What is the meaning of breaking boiled egg against one's head ? Being a soap enthusiast such as I am, wish u could show there more shower products! Anna as always u look great! I know Russian and German bathhouse and Sauna. S. Korean can't wait to explore.

전 찜질방 한번도 안가봤는데..재밌을거 같아요.

ANNA YOUR FRIEND IS CUTE ❤

Hi Anna, greetings from Finland. Thanks for sharing. A question: outside the bathing area can you wear indoor slippers? I noticed you went bare foot, but I would prefer to go around with indoor slippers on wherever possible. I noted down the address and will try it out next time I visit Seoul. Thanks!

This is so interesting, I’m sold on the idea of visiting one of these when I’m in Korea. Does that mean you are naked in front of all in the private bath house area? When is the best time to attend one of these when there are less people about? The eggs look tasty too.

Love this one ❤❤

Happy army day 🎉💜

80년대 한국에 목욕시설이 있는 집들이 많았어도 여러개의 큰 욕탕 사우나 시설에서 하는건 다릅니다 세신사에게 때를 미는것도 집에서 할수 없습니다 온천도 목욕시설중 하나입니다 일본도 대중목욕탕이 많습니다 저희 집도 80년대에 목욕시설이 있었지만 대중목욕탕 갔습니다 80년대에도 있었을거 같지만 90년대 들어서면서 한국엔 다양한 목욕시설을 갖춘 대형 사우나들이 많이 생겼습니다 한국과 일본이 대중 목욕시설이 가장 발달한 나라인거 같습니다 제가 90년대 미국에서 있을때 한국의 많은것들중에서 대중목욕탕 사우나 시설이였습니다 Even though there were many houses with bath facilities in Korea in the 1980s, it is different to do it in a large bath sauna facility Hot springs are one of the bath facilities There are many public baths in Japan My house also had a bath facility in the 1980s, but I went to a public bath There must have been in the 1980s, but in the 1990s, there were many large saunas with various bath facilities in Korea I think Korea and Japan have the most advanced public bath facilities

Do you still have to shower if don't use the pools and hot tubs?

This looks amazing

Love, love the travel series. Hope I phrase this well- after spending so much time abroad, and with your current YT gigs, do you translate Korean to English or E to K?

너무재밌어요 영어공부도하고 제가 외국인이 되서 한국여행을 하는 것 같아요 ㅎ 영어공부도 따로 하셨나요? 아니면 자연스레 유학시절 익혀졌나요?? 저도 영어공부를 열심히해서 안나님처럼 한국을 외국인들한테 한국을 소개하고 싶어요 ㅎㅎ

This looked like so much fun, could you let us know how much the overall amount of the session was since you stayed for a day also did you have to bring spare clothes with you

Very interesting 🤔

Very nice

Does anyone know if you can store your luggage here during your overnight stay?

How much did your visit to the 찜질방 cost in total with all the snacks and massage, etc?

Hey, I was wondering how much did you pay for this experience. Would you mind sharing? I'm curious how much they cost, because I'm planning a trip again to Korea next year. Thank you!

Sad to hear Dragon Hill Spa closed during COVID. Do u know if it may reopen? Is there any place in Seoul as nice as SpaLand in Busan?

Do you need to shower if you go straight to sauna?

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Those are billiard tables

Nice grapes

thank you for sharing this experience, really appreciate your content however i have a question (excuse my ignorance haha but i am really curious) if first step is showering and then going to these different rooms like HanjeugMak don't you feel like you are so gross and you want to take a shower again..i was thinking of maybe changing the order like going to these rooms as first step and then having shower? it cannot be like that haha?

Wowwwww i was pretty fastttt Lots of love form India 🇮🇳♾️🥰🥰 I'll enjoy the video 📷 Can I get a motivational message for my exam if u see this 🙈

Which sauna would u recommend in Seoul?

wow I'm the 3rd viewer😍

헐??? 여기 저희동넹ㄴ데 여기가셨구나ㅋㅋㅋ

Hi Anna! Can the girls and boys hang out in like a common room?

How did you find each other’s body?

she's beautiful

How big is that place? Just from all the rooms and walking around it seems like its the size of city block. I do hope the ones that closed due to covid find their way back into business.

are men and women always seperated in these bathouses?

I know you have to be naked in the bath area, but am wondering are you allow to say have a towel around you while you walk around in the bath area and just take it off when you go into the water? Or are you just naked at all times in the bath area? lol

*Pity they don't have everyone in one place. Think that would bring lots more people in. LOL*

get better...life is going on..with without....

예쁘요 💕

What happened to the infamous towel hats??

Do you have to get naked in the public bathhouse? Or can you opt for a private shower instead?

"Promo SM" 😘

Nope. LOL

For me, living in Europe, it is quite weird to see that you wear clothing inside of it and that it’s sex segregated. For a couple or family that’s a downside and I’d prefer being naked since it’s better for your skin as well. But I would like to try to experience anyways, the variety is impressive!

I don't think I've ever seen someone call themself "cool" in a video. You make good vids, but please change some of your titles.

엄청 미인이네

아주 좋아요... Enjoy in at King sauna and Spa Land in USA too .. 한인 타운 찜질방

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How long do you stay in each sauna and how many times?