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Jjimjilbang blog: Korea spa first-timer 5-step advancing is to help you be natural when you are a alien in South Korea. It is no need for shame or unnatural. 

Step 1: Pay, Receive Clothing

At the front desk you’ll probably find a table with different prices. Just say “jjimjilbang” to whoever’s working the front desk and make sure they give you a key (or, at the fancier places, an RFID tag) to wear around your wrist. Some places will also give you clothes at this point. Your clothes and key will probably be color-coded to your gender too. If you don’t get clothes, make sure to keep your receipt handy, as they may ask for it later.
The price of admission varies of Jjimjilbang between W6,000 and W14,000, depending on the bathhouse, the day, and time of day.
At this point men and women go their separate ways, so look out for signs saying male or female, and follow them. Congrats, you’re inside! 

Step 2: Take off Shoes, Enter the Changing Room

Shoe lockers in a jjimjilbang is with a shoe locker key that you have gotten when checkin. In this case the shoe locker key will also open your changing room locker.  When you get to an area full of small lockers take off your shoes and place them in one. There will be an area to take off your shoes, so try not to wear them on the raised area beyond that. Next, enter the changing room and find the locker that corresponds to the number on your key, which should open it. If you haven’t yet received any clothes then find the counter (it should be near the entrance) and show him your receipt and shoe locker key.

Step 3: Species of Spa 

Shower, Bath
Baths at various temperatures is one of features of jjimjilbang of Seoul. Mugwort bath, salt bath, mud bath, cold bath, wet and dry saunas are Korean spa to try. They may be your kick ass treatment, it is up to your preferences. If you’re squeamish about public nudity this is the bit you’re going to skip and head straight on to Step 4. You really should give it a try, though, at least once.
Everyone else, once all your clothes are securely tucked away in your locker, and you have your locker key around your wrist/ankle/appendage of preference, it’s time to find the baths. Look for steamy glass doors, signs saying 목욕탕, or just follow the naked people. (I wish I could include pics, but taking them is discouraged…)
Once inside, you should shower before getting into any of the baths or saunas. Soap, shampoo, toothbrush & toothpaste, etc. are available for sale in the changing room (W500-W1000). Then just take your time trying out all the different baths, pools, saunas, and lounging areas.
The Scrub
If you’re extremely bold (and I’ve only once been persuaded into doing this once), you can get a scrub from one of the attendants within the bathing area. They are… vigorous. In my experience girls enjoy this more than boys do; personally, I was a little uncomfortable with the level of attention paid to certain, uh, delicate areas.
Inside a Korean jjimjilbang
It may look something like this, though with fewer artfully positioned towels.

Step 4: “Fomentation”

“Fomentation” room is how Korea translates the communal area of the jjimjilbang, and a quick dictionary check reveals that it is a “substance used as a warm moist medicinal compress or poultice.” Huh?
Anyway, after you’re done bathing, and you’ve returned to your locker to put on the clothes the jjimjilbang provided you, follow the signs saying “fomentation”, into the communal, unisex area. It may be on another floor or just through some hanging curtains.
Here you’ll find one or several big, open areas that look something like this:
Restaurants
Saunas – salt, clay, jade, etc.
Ice rooms
Sleeping rooms (often divided male/female and snoring/non-snoring)
Table tennis rooms
PC rooms (PC bang)
Singing rooms (noraebang)
Movie/TV rooms
Meeting or event rooms
Gym/Exercise rooms
It’s totally possible to spend a full day in these areas; Koreans come here for some time away from home, coming alone, with their family, or as couples. This does mean it can get pretty busy on weekends, though, and kids tend to be given the freedom to run around pretty much unrestricted, which can be annoying if you’re looking for some quiet time.

Step 5: Leaving

When you’re ready to leave, just head back into the changing rooms and get back into your street clothes (I like to take a change of clothes with me so I don’t have to get into dirty clothes after all that bathing), throwing your jjimjilbang clothes into the bin provided.
Then just recover your shoes and head out, trying not to be shocked when you realize how much time you managed to spend in there.
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