Re: Bathhouse #3?
@tiago
They do not enforce the tattoo policy, one person had a full arm tattoo and a sword on his back the size of his spine.
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> On Aug 1, 2024, at 07:38, Tiago Bortoletto Vaz <tiago@debian.org> wrote:
>
> Hello Nicolas, thanks for the info!
> Indeed, found this on the link you posted:
>
> "When bringing a young child of the opposite sex with you to the spa, please
> note that mixed bathing is permitted only for children under the 48 months and
> under 100cm tall, accompanied by a guardian."
>
> So it seems fine for toddlers, if anyone else is also interested.
>
> Another useful info for some here as well:
>
> "Those width tattoo and skin disease do not enter for bathing according to the
> Enforcement."
>
> Bests,
>
> --
> Tiago Vaz
>
>> On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 01:05:08PM GMT, Nicolas Dandrimont wrote:
>> Hi Tiago,
>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 30, 2024, at 17:11, Tiago Bortoletto Vaz wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 12:53:45AM GMT, Gunnar Wolf wrote:
>>>> Louis-Philippe Véronneau dijo [Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 03:17:27PM +0900]:
>>>>>> Any clue about bringing a handheld-ish kid?
>>>>>
>>>>> I think someone from the local team should be able to answer your question
>>>>> better than I.
>>>>>
>>>>> From my very sparse experience (I went to one other bathhouse!) the water
>>>>> was often hot enough to be painful at first. Not sure it would be suitable
>>>>> for a young kid :(
>>>>
>>>> Besides, most hot pools had signs that I'd interpret as "minimum
>>>> height, 1.30m". I could be wrong with my interpretation, of course.
>>>>
>>>> I don't think it's an environment where your kid will be welcome (by
>>>> the locals) or comfortable (due to temperature).
>>>>
>>> Thanks Gunnar! I was mostly think of having a family-friendly spot so that dad
>>> and mom could somewhat alternate activities, not necessarily for him to enjoy
>>> the warm pool :-) Will check with locals anyway.
>>
>> After being there yesterday, there clearly were dads with small kids there (maybe down to a couple years older than Nico?).
>>
>> Looking at the website of the spa in English (https://www.hotelnongshim.com/eng/index.php?pCode=spa_guide), there seems to be family/kids oriented facilities in the mixed gender jjimjilbang areas (which we weren't able to use as we arrived pretty late). Rental of the jjimjilbang robes is an extra 4000 KRW on top of the entry fee (which is paid upon exit).
>>
>> It seems that people are keen on going back on Sunday, hopefully a bit earlier in the day so that we can make use of all the facilities.
>>
>> HTH,
>> --
>> Nicolas Dandrimont
>>
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