Contact Admin. Most jimjilbangs will have some massage services available prices will vary, but the fancier the place the fancier the price , but there are some places that focus on professional massages around Seoul. I was invited to try out a place called Healing Hands by my girlfriend, which was located on the main street of the Itaewon area. Most expats in Korea either love or hate Itaewon for the same reasons: After arriving at the third floor of the building, we were seated and offered some herbal tea.
The whole idea behind getting a massage, after all, is to relax. Pamper yourself a bit. Take in the soft music and quiet atmosphere. After a few minutes of reading through a magazine and sipping some mint tea, we were shown into one of the massage rooms, complete with two massage tables.
Find a pair of clean gym shorts on the table, get out of everything and change into them. Once your modesty was assured, the Korean masseuses would come in and begin their work. The experience as a whole was wonderfully relaxing, and as professional a job as one might get back in the states.
Draping covering the rest of you with towels or blankets for warmth and modesty was well-done, and in some cases they work on you right through the towel. The oil eventually came out, smelled great, and the masseuses clearly had done their homework in effleurage light touches meant to spread the oil around and several various deep-tissue strokes.
We had requested a full-body massage for an hour, and a hot stone treatment never tried it before! After about half an hour of back massage, our masseuses began with the hot stones. They took a hot smooth stone in each hand and worked them up and down the back before placing them along the spine.
