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Undercover



Joined: 14 Nov 2007

PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 6:25 pm    Post subject: Mixed gender nude spas? Reply with quote

I was reading about Japan the other day and was intrigued to find that many hot springs in Japan are mixed gender nude. It is not commonplace but it does happen.

I would like to know if there are any mixed gender nude hot springs in Korea. And if not, why?

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chronicpride



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 6:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Korea doesn't have anything like this. And the reason for that is simply 그냥.
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genezorm



Joined: 01 Jul 2007
Location: Mokpo

PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 7:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Mixed gender nude spas? Reply with quote

where in japan? i would like to check it out

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GoldMember



Joined: 24 Oct 2006

PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 7:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A nude spa is great when it's your spa, and you pick and choose who can be in it. When it's a spa open to the general public, I'd advise against going, especially in places where obese people like to raise the water level dramatically. The human body is not always beautiful.
I know, I had a bad experience once. Still suffer from nightmares, despite years of counselling. Oh the horror!
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Len8



Joined: 12 Feb 2003
Location: Kyungju

PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In Japan they are everywhere. They were more common some 10 years ago I have heard. Japanese have a different take on nudity from the rest of the Asian countries. Just pick up a local tourist guide from where you live in Japan and ask a Japanese friend which onsons are mixed nude onsons. Guarantee at least half of them are. My ex girlfriend looked at a brochure for where I was living then in Japan a while ago, and she read about every onsen and pointed to at least half of them as being mixed and nude.

Tried to get her to invite her girlfriens and go to-gether with them to a mixed onsen. She said she was too shy.
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MA_TESOL



Joined: 11 Nov 2007
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i remember in Oregon when they secitoned off part of Roooster Rock off as a nude beach. I went and it was hard to keep the Rooster down. Actually, after awhile it didn't matter that much. I mean they had some cuties there, but you could nnot dwell on it without bringing unwanted attention to yourself. I did wish that I had a better physique and presentation at that time.
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Young FRANKenstein



Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)

PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Len8 wrote:
Just pick up a local tourist guide from where you live in Japan and ask a Japanese friend which onsons are mixed nude onsons. Guarantee at least half of them are.

Yes, but they have public onsen areas (not mixed) and private onsen areas where you can rent for privacy. The latter are for families and the like, but mixed-gender groups do use them too.
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faster



Joined: 03 Sep 2006

PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 11:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

MA_TESOL wrote:
i remember in Oregon when they secitoned off part of Roooster Rock off as a nude beach. I went and it was hard to keep the Rooster down. Actually, after awhile it didn't matter that much. I mean they had some cuties there, but you could nnot dwell on it without bringing unwanted attention to yourself. I did wish that I had a better physique and presentation at that time.


There's been a nude beach on Sauvie Island for a very long time.
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Rteacher



Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA

PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 2:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I used to live at an apartment complex near Universal Studios in Orlando that had an outdoor sauna near the pool. Mostly young people used it.

I never saw nudity when I used it during the day, but after I saw the maintenance guy clean the filter clogged with condoms I stopped using it...
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cdninkorea



Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 11:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not a bad business idea- why not open a mixed gender nude sauna right outside the gates of Ewha? You'd end up with all the pretty leggy things from Ewha plus every greasy hagwon frat boy in the country.

I know I'd go. Wink
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nateium



Joined: 21 Aug 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 4:51 pm    Post subject: Re: Mixed gender nude spas? Reply with quote

Undercover wrote:


I would like to know if there are any mixed gender nude hot springs in Korea.


Koreans definitely wouldn't be able to handle that %^&* Thanks for the laugh though. Laughing
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the_beaver



Joined: 15 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 4:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cdninkorea wrote:
Not a bad business idea- why not open a mixed gender nude sauna right outside the gates of Ewha? You'd end up with all the pretty leggy things from Ewha plus every greasy hagwon frat boy in the country.

I know I'd go. Wink


Actually you'd end up with every greasy hagwon frat boy.
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cj1976



Joined: 26 Oct 2005

PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 5:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the_beaver wrote:
cdninkorea wrote:
Not a bad business idea- why not open a mixed gender nude sauna right outside the gates of Ewha? You'd end up with all the pretty leggy things from Ewha plus every greasy hagwon frat boy in the country.

I know I'd go. Wink


Actually you'd end up with every greasy hagwon frat boy.


True. It would just turn into a massive sausage-fest all too quickly.
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