Sup Sok Han Bang Land (24 시간 숯가마) is a large, 24-hour jjimjilbang with sauna, unisex lounging areas, restaurant (only open during the day), 24-hour snack bar, PCbang, sleeping rooms, sports massage, hot room, cold room, televisions, arcade games, smoking room, and partially outdoor clay hot rooms. It is called "soot ga ma" because the outdoor hot rooms are made from clay and heated by burning coals; they are maintained daily. Here there is a grill which has coals burning 24-hours and you can grill potatoes, sweet potatoes, ddeok, or corn which can all be purchased at the snack bar. There is a sleeping area with a television partially outside as well, and this area has access to an outside deck area for lounging, eating, or smoking.
The womens locker room has a separate sleeping room and many services are available from massage, to ddae scrubbing, to threading, to manicures and pedicures, to special Korean weight-loss.
Costs: 9,000 Won/per person for jjimjilbang or 5,000 Won/per person for just the sauna (목욕탕). Ddae scrubbing is 15,000 Won and massages cost anywhere from 15,000 to 70,000 won.
Location: Located up a hill near the Yonsei University East Gate. The green 7024 bus from the Sinchon Station stops at the parking lot or you want to tell a taxi to go to the East Gate of Yonsei and up the hill. At the bottom of the hill there is a lit sign that says "24-시 궃가마."
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