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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[@freyja6599]

Simon coming in and out of the rooms saying "nope" is me at life..

[@GroovyDude994]

The section with the massage chair absolutely killed me.

[@jharden2776]

OMG!! the massage chair demonstration, had me laughing so hard, it made my stomach hurt.. You guys are so crazy...I love it.

[@eatyourkimchi]

Finally! Internet! We can upload videos! Here's one we had wanted to do for a while on Korean Bath Houses. We'll take you to one of Korea's most popular Jjimjilbangs, Spa Land, and show you around for this week's Wonderful Adventure Now Korea!

[@TheGymnasticgirl100]

Yay spas ! Thanks for the new upload ♡ Hugs from Sf Cali

[@grlanime13]

Eat Your Kimchi you guys should do a collab video with Maangchi

[@imthatawsome95]

ALMOST PARADISE!!!!! Hahahahaha!!! Simon, I was dying!! That was such a beautiful rendition! :P

[@Amystudio]

I'm with you Simon! I hate heat!!!!! I want to live where it never gets hot! 😭and I live in FL out of all places😭 but The cold never bother me anyway...😄

[@Shiyamirai]

Eat Your Kimchi looks so relaxing. Now being a modern bath house it doesn't seem like there was a problem with having tattoos but is there usually a problem in other Jjimjilbangs even if they are also upscale?

[@MuffinMasterful]

I'm the same as you, Simon. I love the winter because you can easily warm up or cool down c: But when you're warm it's nearly impossible to cool down :c

[@christinea.a.a]

Try having summer in Australia...

[@CutTheCrapAndKissMe]

Jess Metcalfe Unless you work outside...

[@MuffinMasterful]

Estephany De Luna Good thing I'm an illustrator! xD

[@neenie631]

lol likewise

[@Incrediblugh]

I love it when Simon talks about Polish stuff I feel like I'm in some cool kind of club of Polska

[@eatyourkimchi]

Konstancja Siewierska POLSKA CLUB, UNITE!

[@Incrediblugh]

Eat Your Kimchi HECK YEAH

[@Zwetschgen]

It's not Polish, sorry to break it to you. We do that as well in Bulgaria. It's part of the orthodox tradition here (or pagan, if you take into account Easter's pagan origin).

[@Incrediblugh]

NoirDesire yeah I didn't think so things like this are usually common around Eastern Europe but it is still a part of Polish tradition and Simon was talking about it in the context of a Polish Easter so it totally applies to Polish club

[@helenmamalaki8012]

NoirDesire We do it for Greek Orthodox Easter too! yea and usually (in my family) one person keeps his egg kind of steady while the other one get one attempt to crack it, and then you switch the side of the egg facing up and switch roles. :)

[@ishamaini1]

greatest fear: being trapped in a sauna room and end up getting baked to death.

[@yohopostop]

ishamaini1 At least it would smell like delicious bbq

[@TrangNg95]

yohopostop I feel like it'd be steamed ...meat lol or maybe slowly poached..

[@ishamaini1]

Trang Nguyen LOL ahah yes I think those sound more accurate...but aside from the details i've never stepped foot in a sauna before :P

[@TrangNg95]

I've only been in a hot tub before...it's so nice lol but man I never been in a sauna either

[@d15z1sux]

Your flesh would become all soft and fall off the bone :)

[@FIGwoop]

I love it when simon just takes a step in then goes nope into like every room because they were too hot.

[@mariacorte7105]

I watched this back when it came out in 2015. 4 years later I got to go to spa land a handful of times during my time living there. Thank you for the inspiration and the memories that flowered from sharing your journey with us.

[@nicklaskallman280]

I also hate warm rooms. The best part with saunas is jumping into a cold lake afterwards.

[@caraarslan]

Me too. It's so suffocating. Same with the car heating at winter time...

[@nicklaskallman280]

Eszter Bódi I kind of enjoy the car heating in the winter. But that might be because i live in Sweden. It gets pretty cold :p

[@nicklaskallman280]

Eszter Bódi But i enjoy running outside in a tshirt at winter some times. It is so refreshing.

[@caraarslan]

Lol... Actually there are enough cold Winters at Hungary too. Not as tough like at you but stilll....

[@caraarslan]

Anyways car heating most of the time sucks for me... :)

[@neonecko1876]

LOL I totally understand Simon, I hate the heat and humidity or anything hot... so winter is definitely my favorite season ;D Simon's reaction to every hot room at the jimjilbang was hilarious because I would do the same thing xD

[@yashashreejadhav6393]

I loved it when Simon busted out the "Almost Paradise" impromptu song! hahaha love it! I sooo want to go to one of these!

[@JassenValentinovNede]

I love it when Simon talks about Polish stuff, because I'm from Bulgaria and it's basically the same here. YAY, SLAVIC FOOD/TRADITIONS/CULTURE ETC.! :D

[@JassenValentinovNede]

Jessy Nedelchev oh and fyi, that was indeed the most wrong way of doing the egg fight, like EVER

[@gumibon9485]

We do it in Italy and France too !!

[@Murphyiy]

Jessy Nedelchev in Moldova it's the same :)

[@urank1a]

Jessy Nedelchev We also do it in Greek tradition but only in Easter and we paint the eggs red. :3

[@Justme-ok3bf]

That chair impersonationreally got me laughing out loud!

[@kimberlyy911]

So glad Martina went to the sauna since she has joint issues. The warm rooms definitely helped her body!

[@rockinchik06]

Martina's impression of the "Magician" as Simon is in the chair left me laughing so hard! LOL but at the same time it feels good, so we're all curious now!

[@charmel052930]

The way Simon noped out of every hot room is literally me in hot weather and non-aircondition rooms/houses in hot weather. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Shawol92]

I'd be like Simon! Hate the heat, i'm a cold weather person!

[@kyungsoohorat]

Whenever I see that you've posted a video, my day is instantly 10x better! Thanks for uploading! :D

[@Starlightean]

50 degrees? my parents takes saunas every two days at 80 degrees at least and when I go visit, I love it :D (in finland) although I can't be in one for more than 15 minutes. It makes me feel very cleansed though, spiritually _and_ physically. I would love me some bath house.

[@skrodlada]

Same simon

[@eatyourkimchi]

Karleigh Reads Word

[@hrtofdarkness]

I came here after a week of backpacking Korea via train and had the most epic shower/bath/jjimjilsesh! It was winter and getting stuck in hostels where the boiler didn't work (and not getting to shower for fear of freezing) made the visit to spaland that much sweeter. AHHH SPALAND...how I love you... and miss you ㅠ_ㅠ..

[@halbyrd1866]

I don't know why, but this is one of my favorite episodes. Can't wait to go to Korea myself!

[@musickittiesandluv13]

ahhh i feel relaxed just watching this...

[@jantina144]

Loved the Simon cuddle at the end!

[@AlyssaBrown117]

There's a spa just like this in my hometown! I love the spa and go there all the time. I always get extra clean when I go and nap in the saunas or read or listen to an audio book. It's like the only time I have that I can 100% call my "me time"

[@KaraAngela]

When Simon started singing that song I couldn't help but think of DIP I almost died 😂 If you guys and Megan did a video together my life would be complete, ya'll are honestly most entertaining people I've ever watched on YT 😁❤️

[@kotaxiao]

Simon + hot air/weather is truly my spirit animal.

[@Luciwfer]

how!! did!! i!! not!! watch!! this?? i watch all your videos as soon as they come out wth how did i miss out this one

[@kittysuki1996]

That looks so relaxing. !! I love spas. When I get a mani pedi the nail salon has the massaging chairs but these looked different between the legs of course. It makes me want to go but I have to wait because the roads are flooded sigh

[@AgentPedestrian]

i feel like i've commented this on here before. hah. deja vu much. but i just have to say it again after rewatching. fav thing about swedish spa is the 4 degree pool right outside the sauna. no sauna is complete without freeze numbing water. it's the best. don't even need the sauna just dip in it between pools and step into every one like a new experience. switching between the spa and adventure bath sections doesn't even matter. all other water will seem nice in comparison. heck just stepping into it just to feel the inside air afterwards and not be freezing. ooo. love me some cold water.

[@cyriewilson3170]

The magician was trying to pull a rabbit out of your......

[@AnaphylacticKnock]

So my local Korean spa provides all the soaps and such ( I still bring my own) and there is a tub where you can soak in jasmine tea! It is HEAVEN, there is a regular spa for nails and massages or body scrubs and a water park with slides and a lazy river, I spend at least 10 hours when I go. Also Simon, we have an "ice room" that is -1c , it's my favorite.

[@AsheghePersianz]

LOLLLL I love martinas impersonation of the massage chair

[@jnettette]

So i recently moved to Busan and as i comment, i am sitting in SpaLand. I saw this video when it first came out and havent since but when i came here i didnt realize this was it. But i had a sense of deja vu and a lot of the areas seemed weirdly familiar. Then i attempted to make a sheep head and thats when i remembered your video... but i still wasnt a 100% sure it was the same place. So i came to rewatch the video and confirm. And l and behold, its the same place. cant believe i live only a couple subway stops away. And once again, thanks simon and martina foe inspiring to start my own adventure here in korea❤

[@mandyy2000]

They all seem so peaceful here. I feel happy for them. 😊

[@thriftedyouth2046]

Still laughing at Simon going into every single room and leaving within 5 seconds with a big "NOPE."

[@ania0the0amazing]

Haha in Finland we casually stay in 70 degrees celsius saunas. 70 isn't even hot.

[@aegyodonkey]

Ania Séraphin You are completely right! (torilla tavataan!) 70 degrees? Nice. 80 degrees? Even better. 90 degrees? Still possible. Yet I'm roasting when it's 25 degrees outside xD

[@ania0the0amazing]

Torilla tavataan indeed! Yeeeep same xD

[@BurnEvidence2]

Yeah we have a 200 years old sauna in our yard and it's usually 50-80 degrees inside when heated! TORILLE!!

[@TheMaxundmoritz]

Finland had a competition where people died. Best is moderate heat so it penetrates.

[@ae4925]

oh man! I'm so... heat and cold sensitive. Anything over 23 or under 10 degrees Celsius is a nightmare for me. I'm always sick or just can't function... I can't even imagine 70! Haha

[@saffronaurora161]

When simon starts singing boys before flowers😂👌

[@Burcukaramese]

When i am sad, i watch your old videos again and again❤️

[@eatyourkimchi]

I hope it helps make you smile and feel a little less sad. Here is my personal favourite video for a good laugh: kzbin.info/www/bejne/faSlaX6wqZiWbbs

[@pnxss]

Yaayy new video!! Hope you guys are having fun on tour!!

[@eatyourkimchi]

Spriha S. Oh it's awesome! Everyone has been so lovely :D

[@jennykim2311]

Woah!!! I've never been this fast for a video!!!! I have achieved greatness.

[@TokyoMattoKun]

I think Simon was trying to hit on me at the end of the video.

[@eatyourkimchi]

TokyoMattoKun Who says I wasn't? *wink wink*

[@LovelyLilDevilWings]

Eat Your Kimchi Whoa, easy there, SImon. You're married. :o

[@mayluo9449]

I got relaxed just watching the video

[@tiffanyemily8428]

Wow this video would've been so helpful when we went to Korea a few weeks ago. We went to our first jjimjilbang and it was nothing like the one you went to but then again yours is probably more "swanky". Those hot rooms are insanely hot and when we first entered we had no idea what those mini lockers were for and literally standing there like "um how are we gonna fit all out stuff in these tiny lockers?" Then we realized it was for shoes. Lol. Another great video guys! :)

[@Krissyboo75]

I looove spaland! Its my favourite!

[@valentinaraujo6347]

Martina looks so cute without make up..what a cutie!

[@freeiQueen]

When I visited Korea last summer I went to Spa Land and it was great!! I am so glad you guys showed this place off

[@touchmesomehow]

Haha, Martina humming Careless Whisper at 6:18 and Simon NOPING out of all the hot places!

[@21795able]

Haha omg I love Simon's expressions! I went there to Spaland a few weeks ago and literally only stayed in the bathing area because I didn't know what else to do. I was afraid of walking into someplace naked I shouldn't, and I couldn't really see how to get to the other facilities. Just the baths alone though are great enough to stay for four hours.

[@jamiegriffiths4164]

I have been there!!! It is one of the best spas in Korea

[@sharon8458]

Honestly that is the most modern and luxurious 찜질방 i have seen. I have gone to so many because I’m korean and i go there every so often but that is the most luxurious place ever

[@eatyourkimchi]

No you’re totally right! This is a special Busan experience bc we lived for 8 years in Korea and Seoul and Bucheon 찜질방 are usually super casual and not fancy at allllllll 😂 I actually felt awkward here

[@jetta.silence6356]

Omg i died at Martina and Simons split screen for the magician chair😂😂😂 Hilarious. ..

[@TheKaBLAMshow]

omg what a fun video!! i love martina's interpretation of "the magician" and simon's facial expressions hahaha!!

[@Bohvey]

Oh, the side by side of the "Magician" massage chair had me cracking up. It started off so innocent... lol.

[@smeva26]

A compilation of Simon "Nope" lol someone do a remix! lol

[@Heresrichieee]

That may be a challenge I'll accept lol

[@tatuliani]

I love jimjilbangs! I've yet to visit Korea and the ones we had in Los Angeles were tiny in comparison, but they were so much fun.

[@Regene4239]

The term "bath house" has a very different connotation in the U.S. hahaha.

[@thesiiiiickest]

Regene McTornth This is exactly the kind of bath house you're thinking! Before they met up in the co-ed area with mats, massage chairs, and sauna rooms, men and women go through their respective bath houses where they get completely naked and wash themselves in a communal open space! Obvi can't film that part haha but yea it's basically a giant wet room with dozens of shower heads, hot tubs, cold tubs, and naked strangers haha

[@RoxanneJ81]

thesiiiiickest I think Regene is talking about an old slang word. Back in the '70s, "bath house" was a spa that gay men visited to find people to have sex with.

[@Regene4239]

^^^That one!! Sorry for perving up the comments section, but yeah. That's what I was referring to. I was in shock when I first read the title of this video, then I remembered that spas can also be called bath houses.

[@RoxanneJ81]

LOL No worries. Think of it as a...history lesson? A lot of people might not remember that connotation. Whenever I hear "bath house," I immediately think of the Village People. :)

[@thesiiiiickest]

LOL oops I had no idea... thanks for letting me know!

[@idamork2369]

After a few days in Korea, I can't help but wonder why it's so common for some places restaurants/clubs/nail salons/whatever to refuse to serve foreigners.

[@twiggymcgwire8608]

Because they cant speak english

[@TheBsdinnan]

As always your videos are entertaining when nothing else can entertain me.

[@JoLuffiroSauce]

AHHAha! That magician chair demo was HILARIOUS!!!

[@functionoflightone]

Love Simon's reactions.

[@madison1207]

What are rules with Transgender people in bath houses?

[@donutgirl5007]

I would assume that they would have to follow their biological gender. Similar to how in public bathrooms, theyd have to go with their biological gender as well.

[@greecesel2170]

***** depends on the person.

[@sulimanaldhalaan8886]

You have a vagina you go to the ladies bath house You have a pienes you go to the guys bath house It's as simple as that

[@Kyle-McGough]

Sloom Aldhalaan I don't think it is... Some people can look exactly like a woman with a penis.

[@madison1207]

Well I'm not Transgender Xd

[@eatyourkimchi]

Spanish subtitles are up now as well! Thank you to whoever made them :D

[@little_miss_sunshinee]

+Simon and Martina :D

[@TheVeeShow]

:o those prices are awesome! And they don't care about tattoos! Unlike the onsen in Japan.

[@forgivemenot1]

We have this in the tropical parts of Australia where you can bake in the humidity and wade in pools of water and best of all its free, we just call it going to the beach!

[@lamb1168]

Oh goodness I was laughing so hard people are looking at me, LOL!! Love it.

[@chriscontreraz2482]

I am late to the party here, but finally went to Spa Land in Busan. Great place! I enjoyed every moment of it. Despite the naysayers, the eggs were great with salt. Thanks for the recommendation. I would have never attempted to go without this video!

[@MrBluehavoc]

Simon entering hot rooms and be like no nope nope was the funniest thing ever hahahahaha i cant even !!! And martina demonstrating the massage chair LMAO

[@TurtleDumplings1]

Missed this so much

[@Snogard45]

Oh my god Simon, I feel you on the hot room thing. That 'nope' compilation was beautiful.

[@hoyansango]

Omg! i've been here when I went to Busan and it was one of the best experience while in Korea!

[@stacybrown6546]

OMG, the massage chair demo was laugh-out-loud funny!

[@nessie4215]

I was crying every time he said "nope" to a new room with a smile on his face.

[@KingKyong]

EYK, you guys have been one of my biggest inspirations to start a KZbin channel, and honestly, I would not be giving this a shot if it weren't for you two! Love you two from the bottom of my heart ^^

[@MsDominyka]

Yay! So happy to see your new video!!

[@clusterfawk]

Glad you covered this topic!! Stay safe on tour

[@EdwardsR0se]

I went to a bathhouse in Itaewon after a night of partying... It was amazing!

[@KoreanNinja705]

I frikin luv that place! Best spa in korea!!!!

[@closetouttake]

Spaland! I went there! And it was great!

[@bmesavage]

this is no lie my favorite video ever. simon going in and out of all the rooms is hilarious and when martina demonstrates the magician i laughed so hard i cried

[@mmoboxs]

Thank you so much for this Video !

[@eatyourkimchi]

***** Thank you for watching it!

[@CallMyName211]

Aww you didn't crack the eggs on each others heads! that's what we were told was the tradition by our Korean friends who went to the bath house with us and my travel buddies last summer. It hurts like crap but it's super funny.

[@vanillaicecreamcake]

bahahahah that massage chair bit! I'm crying!

[@Grahamcracker6366]

The 9:00 mark cracked me up. Kinda like having a scrub when the sauna ladies hit "the spot" by accident!

[@k0reanmus1c]

I have been in 70 C sauna for 3 hours. It was a bet and I did get money out of it. Usually I stay in sauna one hour. We Finnish people really love saunas. In Finland we have 5 000 000+ inhabitants and 3 000 000+ saunas

[@Jwxwei]

loving the princess leia buns, guys :3

[@emereslylondon5760]

It looks quite fancy and nice there

[@vinsukun_]

I've been to one of these before it's really nice and relaxing and the main area is so warm lol

[@kateconnolly1738]

the polish tradition that simon is talking about is a greek tradition too! we do that same egg breaking game at easter every year. i think it’s supposed to represent the breaking of the tomb or something.

[@TrangNg95]

all the nopes from simon were wayyyy too hilarious lol

[@ThatGirlFeels]

Eat Your Kimchi actually the egg fight on easter is not just polish its for all slavic countries following the orthodox ^^ I am bulgarian and we do it too. Painting the eggs too. I was so surprised to find out people in many other countries don't do that when I got older haha.

[@sophiamay7266]

OMG yes new video so excited 😆😆😆😆😆

[@loes6A]

When you opened the backdoor of the car, I was like: Yeaaahhh Giveaway!! But then you just beautifully arranged your stuff there haha #myfault. Enjoy your tour in Amarica greets Marloew from The Netherlands

[@KevinJeong]

Wow that spa looks sooo nice!!

[@kekephanie]

the best part of this is when you demonstrate the massage chair freaking hilarious

[@foolsupright8512]

There's a spa near where I live called King Spa and it's in the same style as in this video, except the area is smaller But it does work the same exact way and I've only gone once but I really miss it and would love to go again

[@760Nora]

I just want to get something off my chest. I spent a lot of time in the past 2 years watching your videos, every one of your live streams, even at 5am,I read your blog posts and your tweets. I even got so sad when you came to Europe and didn't visit London. But i still loved you guys, your videos use to be so fun, it always made me happy. I visited your KZbin page every hour to check if you uploaded. Your KMM was how I found you, and it was what even got me and most of my friends into Kpop. I loved every video and appreciated all the time and hard work you put into them. I just feel like it's not the same anymore, and it makes me sad because I really did spend a lot of time supporting you and just seeing how you gave up on the KMM which probably more than half of your fans loved doesn't make sense. You have absolutely no content related to Kpop whatsoever, it was nice when u had a balance of Kpop related content and Korean culture related content. I still love and support you just like the rest of your fans that are still supporting you, I just wanted to voice my opinion on this because it really made me sad how I'm just not as excited about your videos as I use to be.

[@760Nora]

got2many i understand that what I said sounds bad, it's just honestly what I feel, I'm still supporting them that's why as a fan I'm letting them know how I feel. I understand that Kpop is not their main content but it was one of the reasons I loved them so much. that's what I meant by a balance, as well as getting all the fun from the KMM videos they would make informative videos such as TL;DRs to inform us about korean culture and their experiences. and what i mean by fun i'm not saying they are not fun, its just the way they discussed K-pop and it was so fun getting involved and voting our favourite group and all the jokes and songs they made about K-pop, it was like a whole culture and they put a lot of effort into making all the characters and actually having K-pop stars involved like interviews and they use to make contests where we could win albums. and they use to make K-indie content too. yes I do also enjoy their informative videos such as the TL;DRs and FAP FAPs which inform us about Korean culture and Korean food but I just noticed that once they stopped the KMM and how they only post like 2 videos a week, for me personally it's just not the same, and that's my opinion. and i have read that the crazy Kpop fans had something to do with the stop of KMM but EYK never made that very clear, so i was just left waiting for them to upload a KMM thinking that it was just a break till i gave up on any hope of them uploading a KMM. Anyway, call me a bad fan for being biased with Kpop content :/

[@got2many]

mary b yeah all of that was fun. it's too bad that the fanatics ruined it for the rest of us but be grateful that EYK is still around and doing other videos. I wish they still did interviews as well. hopefully when all the hate has died down they will come back. you're not a bad fan but you are being too biased. when you're too biased it clouts your judgment. things change and nothing last forever and EYK probably wants to do other things as well. I respect your opinion and you were very nice about it. i just don't understand when people make similar opinions like yours and unsubscribe because of no kpop. some people take it too seriously.

[@760Nora]

got2many i also hope the content returns, either way I'm supporting them. thanks for understanding and respecting my opinion :)

[@quinn903]

i loved at the very end going into Simons beard and hearing him purr it was adorable and slightly scary XD

[@EricLeePiano]

LMAO at the Magician vs. You part