The bathing hall of Hurshimchung in Dongnae, Busan

Hurshimchung, Dongnae Hot Springs

One of Asia's largest hot spring bathhouses, in Busan's ancient spa quarter.

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Balneazione: Vasca interna / Vasca esterna
Fondato nel: 1991
Alloggio: Hotel in loco

Hurshimchung occupies a vast hall in Dongnae, the hot spring quarter of Busan, with dozens of pools under a high glass roof: hot and cold basins, jet baths, herbal and mugwort pools, waterfall showers and outdoor tubs, alongside kiln saunas. The mineral water is drawn from the Dongnae springs beneath the district.

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Perché visitarlo

It is the Korean bathhouse at full scale — an afternoon's ritual of pools, scrubbing and sauna in the country's oldest documented hot spring district.

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L'acqua

Acqua termale

Sorgente: Dongnae hot springs
Mineralizzazione: Sodium chloride mineral water
Carattere: Salty, mildly alkaline thermal water drawn from the Dongnae field beneath the district and distributed to the bathhouse pools.

Storia

Dongnae's springs appear in Korean records from the Silla period and served royal visitors and, later, a colonial-era spa town. Hurshimchung opened in 1991 beside Hotel Nongshim, gathering the district's bathing tradition into a single very large facility; a public foot bath still stands on the street outside.

Informazioni pratiche

Bathing is naked and strictly separated by gender, as in all Korean bathhouses. Optional attendants provide the traditional full-body scrub; allow two to three hours.

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