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<blockquote data-quote="silentspace" data-source="post: 1220497" data-attributes="member: 14316">I've been to the bath houses in Korea and Japan, and no, they are not prostitution houses.&nbsp; Actually, as Ed said, whole families go there together.&nbsp; I don't know about the &quot;pure water&quot;, but there are many different types of soaking tubs, often with different types of herbal infusions in them.&nbsp; There are also aromatic steam rooms with different herbs.&nbsp; A friend tried to explain it to me once, it's very detailed.&nbsp; Different types of tubs and herbs for different things.&nbsp; They also use natural springs.These places can be quite large and elaborate, with gardens, restaurants, etc.&nbsp; I was at one where they built a giant waterfall (like four stories tall and two hundred feet wide) which you can watch through giant windows as you sit in a massive dry sauna room.They are also pretty expensive.&nbsp; I don't recall exactly, but the better ones were like $50 dollars just to get in.&nbsp; And that doesn't include food, massages, or other special treatments.&nbsp; They have giant furnaces with different types of bricks that they heat.&nbsp; In one place there were railroad tracks inside the sauna, and many men pulled a small flat bed car piled high with heated bricks into the room.&nbsp; It was incredibly hot.&nbsp; You couldn't get closer than 10 feet to the bricks.&nbsp; Some of these places are huge.Not that I'm an expert, but I suspect the prostitution &quot;massage parlors&quot; someone referred to are for US soldiers and what not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="silentspace, post: 1220497, member: 14316"] I've been to the bath houses in Korea and Japan, and no, they are not prostitution houses. Actually, as Ed said, whole families go there together. I don't know about the "pure water", but there are many different types of soaking tubs, often with different types of herbal infusions in them. There are also aromatic steam rooms with different herbs. A friend tried to explain it to me once, it's very detailed. Different types of tubs and herbs for different things. They also use natural springs. These places can be quite large and elaborate, with gardens, restaurants, etc. I was at one where they built a giant waterfall (like four stories tall and two hundred feet wide) which you can watch through giant windows as you sit in a massive dry sauna room. They are also pretty expensive. I don't recall exactly, but the better ones were like $50 dollars just to get in. And that doesn't include food, massages, or other special treatments. They have giant furnaces with different types of bricks that they heat. In one place there were railroad tracks inside the sauna, and many men pulled a small flat bed car piled high with heated bricks into the room. It was incredibly hot. You couldn't get closer than 10 feet to the bricks. Some of these places are huge. Not that I'm an expert, but I suspect the prostitution "massage parlors" someone referred to are for US soldiers and what not. [/QUOTE]

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