Korean sauna gay
Picture this.
It’s a freezing evening. You’ve just been drinking all night in Northern Toronto and undergo the need to simmer down before heading home. But it’s 4am!
“You understand we can’t leave back to that Oakleaf place after what we pulled there last time. Are we destined to sulk in a Tim Hortons all night?”
Fear not! With a petty cab money (or access to transit) your salvation is just a compact ride away.
Located up North in Toronto near the Steeles and Dufferin border, Seoul Jimjilbang is definitely out of the way. But if you’re looking for a place to crash out and get your sweat on, any day, anytime then this is the place for you. It’s open 24 hours a morning 7 days a week.
Lore would contain it that Jimjilbangs are a usual staple in South Korea for men sobering up before coming home. However your first day here, you’ll instantly come to discover that Jimjilbang’s are also very accepted amoung all age and gender categories. You’ll see groups and men and women gossiping away, whole families passed out under blankets and soft flickering florescent lights, grandma’s passed out on the couch watching K-pop and couples h
It is Friday overnight. Down one passage of a active shopping and amusement district of Seoul, young men action through what show to be closed doors of a dilapidated building. A slow trickle of customers — some dressed in suits, others as hipsters — enter the inconspicuous establishment, inquiring to unwind after the weekly grind. Welcome to one of Seoul’s many gay saunas.
The traditional sauna is everywhere in South Korea. They are very much part of the modern South Korean landscape. Parents take their children to bathhouses to get a fine scrub and soak. And the dehydrated area is where families can repose, gather, and socialise while sipping a refreshingly cold and sweet beverage, famous as sikhye.
But saunas are sometimes more than just places to rest. There one can literally strip down, discarding one’s name, status, and social markers, freeing oneself from people’s gazes or judgement, and becoming just a naked, anonymous body. Whatever strains or pressures life may bring, the sauna can be a place of release, as I discovered in one such for gay men.
In Seoul alone, there are approximately twenty such establishments, with others scattered nationwide. Many
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Saunas in South Korea have gained in importance in the last few years. Here saunas are known as "Jjimjilbang" or "sweat rooms" and are enjoying increasing popularity, especially due to the fact that men and women are separated in the saunas. The Jjimjilbangs are often multi-storey and multi-media places with a fitness centre, beauty care, snack bar and restaurants, to name only a few of the amenities to be found here. Generally they are open 24hrs, making them a reasonably priced possibility for overnight accommodation, in which one can profit from the extensive entertainment on offer. Cruising is practically a must, although discretion is advised.
Cities in Korea-South
Location: Eastern Asia
Initials: KOR
International country code: 82 (omit 0 from area codes)
International access code: 001 or 002
Language: Korean
Currency: 1 Won (W) = 100 Chon
Population: 50,004,000
Capital: Seoul
Religions: 18% Protestants, 23% Buddhist, 40-50% no confession
Climate: Moderate climate with heavier rainfall in the summer than in winter.
Important gay cities: Seoul