jjimjilbang

plural jjimjilbangs

1. A type of Korean traditional bathhouse, typically having hot tubs, showers, saunas, and massage tables.

   Fans of jjimjilbangs will find a brand-new one five-minutes' walk north of the bus terminal, on the same main road.

   2008, Norbert Paxton, The Rough Guide to Korea, New York, N.Y.; London; Delhi: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 275

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   One morning in Daejeon, an unremarkable-looking city in the center of the country, I ducked into a drab office building housing a jimjilbang that seemed like a hidden water world.

   2014 February 7, Jodi Kantor, “A Look at Korea’s Culture From the Bathhouse”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2014, Travel

   Jjimjilbangs have been transplanted to the United States as the Korean-American population has grown in recent decades.

   2017 January 2, Richard Morgan, “A Korean Spa Offers Saunas, Bibimbap and a Taste of Home in New Jersey”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2023

   Within 48 hours of moving to Los Angeles 20-some-odd years ago, I'd already had six people talk my ear off about the city's plethora of jjimjilbang — more commonly known as Korean spas. A good jjimjilbang is a wonderland where you can sit in multiple saunas, stew yourself in a hot tub of medicinal mugwort tea, take a catnap in a room with heated jade floors, and indulge in a myriad of stellar spa treatments. Some jjimjilbang are even open 24 hours a day.

   2018 February 12, Alison Freer, “These Korean Spa Mitts Scrub Me to Baby Softness”, in The Strategist, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2023

   Discussing her own experience of Korean-American culture, Meghan said she and her mother, Doria Ragland, would visit the spa, known as the jjimjilbang, that focuses on relaxing, spending quality time with friends and family.

   2022 October 4, Kevin Rawlinson, “Meghan attacks Hollywood caricatures of Asian women in film”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2023