What is Jjimjilbang?
[[File:영신불가마사우나24시(강원 원주시 시청로 96)3.jpg|thumb|237x237px|Jjimjilbang in [[Wonju]]]] '''Jjimjilbang''' or '''jimjilbang''' are [[Korea|Korean]] [[spa]]s. They have bathtubs, heated floors, and hot kiln rooms that are like [[sauna]]s. Some of them have pools or massages.<ref name=BBCT>{{cite news|publisher=[[BBC]] Travel|accessdate=July 8, 2021|title=The origins of bathhouse culture around the world|url=https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20121129-the-origins-of-bathhouse-culture-around-the-world|date=November 29, 2012|author=Suemedha Sood|archive-date=July 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712084652/https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20121129-the-origins-of-bathhouse-culture-around-the-world|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=LA>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-25/as-la-korean-spas-reopen-what-are-covid-19-risks|accessdate=December 2, 2021|newspaper=LA Times|author=Ada Tseng|title=What's it like to go to a Korean spa? Navigating L.A.'s reopening with 'Good Trouble's' Sherry Cola |date=June 25, 2021}}</ref><ref name=Time>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mjf1AgAAQBAJ&dq=jimjilbang&pg=PA191|accessdate=December 3, 2021|year=2011|publisher=Time Out Guides|title=Time Out Seoul|page=191|isbn=9781846702839 }}</ref> There are two types of warmth in a jjimjilbang: heated floors and heated rooms similar to [[sauna]]s.<ref name=KH>{{cite news|publisher=Korea Herald|accessdate=December 1, 2021|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20181211000847|author=Kim Hye-soo|title=[Weekender] Jjimjilbang: Sanctuaries of winter warmth |date=December 13, 2018}}</ref> ==Architecture== Some jjimjilbang in Korea today are open all day and night. In some jjimjilbang, travelers can buy a place to sleep for the night, like in a hotel.<ref name=BBCT /> It costs about ￦5000 to to go to a jjimjilbang and about ￦8000 to sleep there overnight (US$5 to $8). People come to a jjimjilbang and take off their shoes to walk on the heated floor. They put all their clothes in locker