What is a jimjilbang?
Jjimjilbang (Korean: 찜질방; MR: tchimjilbang; Korean pronunciation: [t͈ɕimdʑilbaŋ], lit. South Korea which gained popularity in the 1990s. A Korean spa is not for the modest. To enter the spa and sauna on gender segregated floors, we ask that no clothing be worn. Bathing suits are not allowed in the spas. Please shower prior to entering the spas.What is the etiquette for korean bathhouses? korean bathhouses, known as jjimjilbangs, have specific etiquette: upon entering, remove your shoes. Undress completely in the gender-segregated locker room before entering communal areas. Wash at the shower stations.For hygiene, for culture, for tradition, for the very act of abandoning the beauty standards and outward facing role you have been playing in society, when Korean people get home, they change into baggy house clothes, often something akin to pajamas.