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[wilson535]

im just curious about this - i work in japan (public school) and am coming to work for smoe in august. i've never asked to use the pool in my free time before or after school here mainly because i go to four schools in total, and i have never really felt part of the school, like i imagine i would if i was going to the same school every day.

a morning swim before work would be the nuts

[pkang0202]

Most schools don't even have an indoor gym, or even grass.

[sheriffadam]

koreans can't swim, so I guess pools are hard to come by!

[AsiaESLbound]

No, not at school, but cities often have a community center with an Olympic style pool with lanes where swimmers wear Olympic style gear. Haven't seen casual swimming and lounging around; it seems to be more formal and sporty. This is not a tourist on vacation kind of destination, it's all geared towards being competitive in school, work, and sport. You have been warned. lol

[vortexy]

You can find pools, though. I know someone who swims every day at Hyundae Department Store pool, and I know another girl who is taking lessons because she doesn't know how to swim.

[schwa]

One of the four middle schools in my town has a pool. Most schools have a specialty sport & some of the kids from that one do well in national swim meets.

A bit of digging should turn up a publicly accessible facility in your neighborhood. A lot of Koreans, in fact, are keen on swimming. I have the choice of a number of nearby condos that have pools open to the public, at reasonable drop-in rates or real cheap if you buy books of tickets.

Just came home from an afternoon of swimming. There were a few hardcore workout types in a couple of lanes but mostly it was families or small groups of kids just playing.

Most pools include nice spa facilities too.

[Leonidas]

My daughters public elementary school has both an indoor gym and a pool. All students in every grade take swimming lessons there as part of the curriculum

[Xuanzang]

[detourne_me]

seriously. is it an international school?

[Leonidas]

Nope, not the best school - the building itself is about 30 years old and they just finished adding a new building which students moved to a couple of weeks ago. The old building will be torn down soon.

It's not an international school, 100% public Korean school.

[kimdeal54]

[southernman]

[Jeonmunka]

My son and daughter's was Bucheon South Ele. It was a poor school. But, over a few months they built a new pool complex and it became an excellent place. Both kids learned to swim as part of (subsidised) swim coached classes, now in NZ they swim in the sea no probs.