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A jjimjilbang () is a large, gender-segregated public bathhouse in Korea, furnished with hot tubs, showers, Korean traditional kiln saunas and massage tables. ''Jjimjil'' is derived from the words meaning ''heating''. However, in other areas of the building or on other floors there are unisex areas, usually with a snack bar, ondol-heated floor for lounging and sleeping, wide-screen TVs, exercise rooms, ice rooms, heated salt rooms, PC bang, noraebang, and sleeping quarters with either bunk beds or sleeping mats. Many of the sleeping rooms can have themes or elements to them. Usually jjimjilbangs will have various rooms with different temperatures to suit guests' preferred relaxing temperatures. The walls are decorated with different woods, minerals, crystals, stones, and metals. This is to make the ambient mood and smell more natural. Often the elements used have traditional Korean medicinal purposes in the various rooms. Most jjimjilbangs are open 24 hours and are a popular weekend getaway for Korean families. During the week, many hardworking Korean men, whose families live out of the city for cost savings, stay in jjimjilbangs overnight after working or drinking with co-workers late into the night. The cost is around 6,000–10,000 South Korean won to enter, and one can sleep overnight and enjoy the bathhouse and sauna. Jjimjilbangs are also popular with Korean women, especially the rooms made of loess (called "Hwang toe(Yellow Mud)" in Korean). == Orientation == Jjimjilbangs usually operate 24 hours a day. In the entrance, there are the doors labelled “men” or “women” and shoes are to be stored using a given key. Once inside, the shoe locker key is exchanged with another locker key to store clothes and belongings. Afterwards bathers walk into the gender-segregated bathhouse area and take a shower. Then, one should wear the jjimjilbang clothes (usually a T-shirt and shorts), which are received with the locker key. In the bathing areas, there are different kinds of kiln saunas with varying themes including a jade kiln, a salt kiln, a mineral kiln: the dome-shaped inside walls of kiln rooms are plastered with jade powder, salt and mineral respectively. Often there are several kilns with different temperatures ranging from 60 to 120 degrees Fahrenheit (15 to 50 degrees Celsius). The temperature of the kilns is displayed on a sign at the kiln entrance. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jjimjilbang」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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