Gangnam Joints and Others.
I am in Korea with older relatives and didn't want to monger around the RLDs by myself. Although as a gyopo tourist who could speak korean at a fluent elementary level, I could probably have fun. From what I read and heard in Seoul the 588 Cheongnyangni area is still the best. The Yongsan area is winding down as the area is under redevelopment and Miari Texas area is a mixed bag. And Yeongdeungpo is suffering from a brunt of crackdowns. Itaewon's Hooker Hill isn't really a RLD since it's mostly juicy bars and street walkers, locals don't really go there as Koreans are and always will be xenophobes. For Koreans, it appears like they have moved on from RLDs and have Americanized. That means the action has become mostly costly, and operate through escort services and massage parlors and room salons. All of the internet sites that show this information are in Korean and as someone who can't really type or read Korean all that well, I can't work myself searching on Daum and Naver. Mongering will become harder and harder for us English speakers going forward.
So I did what people who don't need FS (out of convenience or fear of STD) went to the Gangnam Bang Bang Junction area. For those looking for a GFE rub with HE, there's plenty to try. If one place doesn't accept foreigners (waygukins) try the next one. With so many choices in one area, you can't miss.
To get there take the #3 line to Yangjae station and exit #3 (look at the map and head towards Bang Bang Junction (Sa-guh-ri). This is a major intersection and you will see the Prudential Building, a Starbucks, a Dell store and a huge clothing store called Bang Bang. You can also take the #2 line to Gangnam station, exit I think #6 and head towards Yangjae Station, look at street signs, can't miss it.
Head in the direction of the clothing store and you will find Cool and Raining Man. You enter through the place that is a car wash and you will see a sign directing you to either place. Go a little further and you will find Angel and in an upper floor you'll see a legitimate looking massage place, that prolly has a shady side. Cross the street you will see Belle and in the building next to Belle you will see another massage place called 1/2 Massage I think. Head in the other direction of the intersection and you'll see a huge massage place that looks like a love motel, called Rain Massage I think?
The HJ joints (which the attendant referred to as "soft-touch") never have barber poles, don't even advertise as massage sometimes but the giveaway is that it's named with exotic words and as shops that normally don't say anything else (Cool, Angel, Belle, Raining Man, Ivy, VIP, Cleopatra). They operate primarily though appointments but go there before 5PM on a weekday or weekend and they should squeeze you in. You know you are at one when you have to buzz to get in or be denied entrance. Cool was 75, 000 won. Which I think is the most expensive because they have the prettiest girls I think.
I think if you act like you've been there and know what you are doing and know some korean, likely you will have success getting in. You take off your shoes, change into slippers, go into a room, change into a robe, take a shower and buzz the attendant. Then you wait a few minutes, then chat with the girl, get a short massage, roam your hands all around, get your happy ending and a vitac500 or juice. Like with everything in life YMMV. Sometimes the girl may stay fully clothed, but usually will at least be topless, some places fully nude with a short BBBJ. If the girl likes you, you should be able to touch everywhere, if not then you may face resistance. These places are tolerated by the authorities because they don't involve G2G contact.
Korean girls who work at these places have doll faces, and even girls with implants are still relatively small but you may find a thicker girl with awesome naturals. Koreans are bony in the rear unlike the ladies of Japan who typically have some back. Don't believe the age they tell you as K-Girls age very slowly and 28 year old girl can very well pass as a 22 year old. If you add 5 to the age that you think they are on first glance, you are probably right.
As for barber shop pole places. They are not the same as An-Mas and shouldn't be referred to as such. Barber poles attached to a Sauna, are likely legit and usually involve hair cutting and massages given in a public bath or jimjilbang. Barber poles pointing to a location in the basement or upstairs is probably the ones you need for the good stuff esp if they are still open past 10pm. Places on the ground floor usually cut hair although may have a secret room attached for additional services if the outside windows are frosted. If you aren't picky I think these are good places to relax for 40, 000 to 80, 000 won. Barber poles that spin around a little slowly and says stuff on it are for sports massage places. They tend to cost more but offer better services. If it spins real slow and has a picture of a woman, they are beauty salons that only cut hair.
Actual An-Ma places (soapy massage joints with FS) are not that easy to find but are around. But be fearful of crackdowns and shelling out over 100, 000 and often 180, 000 won for a girl that may not be all that hot or friendly may not be the best. Locals probably frequent places where they possibly make reservations in advance for girls they know are good.
I haven't been inside a Love Motel, but I guess they operate through street girls around the places and through call girl services. I imagine business cards inside?
Everyone's dream is to be able to go to a high end room salon and take a girl for 2cha afterwards. But who has that kind of dough, unless it's on the company card. Noraebangs and DVD bangs are sometimes a poor man's room salon in disguise, but when getting a helper don't expect a stunner.
Classified ads and business cards I imagine are no different than in the states. Probably an agency and you never get the girl pictured. Becoming a more first world, wealthy nation seems to mean that you become more and more like the USA Things become harder, more costly and less and less accessible to those are not in the know. There is always Thailand and the Phillipines which should be good for a few decades.
Dodgers55 hearsay and imagination
To put what I take to be the point of Coitus' message more bluntly: no one is interested in what you've read, heard or imagined. The three words that appear with depressing frequency in your "report". Check back in when you've got some actual intel based on genuine experience, grasshopper.
Dodgers 55's report is quite accurate
I find them accurate within reasonable limits.
Skip Everything Else. Must Try S-Top
[QUOTE=Dodgers55; 1161432]I am in Korea with older relatives and didn't want to monger around the RLDs by myself. Although as a gyopo tourist who could speak korean at a fluent elementary level, I could probably have fun. From what I read and heard in Seoul the 588 Cheongnyangni area is still the best. The Yongsan area is winding down as the area is under redevelopment and Miari Texas area is a mixed bag. And Yeongdeungpo is suffering from a brunt of crackdowns. Itaewon's Hooker Hill isn't really a RLD since it's mostly juicy bars and street walkers, locals don't really go there as Koreans are and always will be xenophobes. For Koreans, it appears like they have moved on from RLDs and have Americanized. That means the action has become mostly costly, and operate through escort services and massage parlors and room salons. All of the internet sites that show this information are in Korean and as someone who can't really type or read Korean all that well, I can't work myself searching on Daum and Naver. Mongering will become harder and harder for us English speakers going forward.
So I did what people who don't need FS (out of convenience or fear of STD) went to the Gangnam Bang Bang Junction area. For those looking for a GFE rub with HE, there's plenty to try. If one place doesn't accept foreigners (waygukins) try the next one. With so many choices in one area, you can't miss.
To get there take the #3 line to Yangjae station and exit #3 (look at the map and head towards Bang Bang Junction (Sa-guh-ri). This is a major intersection and you will see the Prudential Building, a Starbucks, a Dell store and a huge clothing store called Bang Bang. You can also take the #2 line to Gangnam station, exit I think #6 and head towards Yangjae Station, look at street signs, can't miss it.
Head in the direction of the clothing store and you will find Cool and Raining Man. You enter through the place that is a car wash and you will see a sign directing you to either place. Go a little further and you will find Angel and in an upper floor you'll see a legitimate looking massage place, that prolly has a shady side. Cross the street you will see Belle and in the building next to Belle you will see another massage place called 1/2 Massage I think. Head in the other direction of the intersection and you'll see a huge massage place that looks like a love motel, called Rain Massage I think?
The HJ joints (which the attendant referred to as "soft-touch") never have barber poles, don't even advertise as massage sometimes but the giveaway is that it's named with exotic words and as shops that normally don't say anything else (Cool, Angel, Belle, Raining Man, Ivy, VIP, Cleopatra). They operate primarily though appointments but go there before 5PM on a weekday or weekend and they should squeeze you in. You know you are at one when you have to buzz to get in or be denied entrance. Cool was 75, 000 won. Which I think is the most expensive because they have the prettiest girls I think.
I think if you act like you've been there and know what you are doing and know some korean, likely you will have success getting in. You take off your shoes, change into slippers, go into a room, change into a robe, take a shower and buzz the attendant. Then you wait a few minutes, then chat with the girl, get a short massage, roam your hands all around, get your happy ending and a vitac500 or juice. Like with everything in life YMMV. Sometimes the girl may stay fully clothed, but usually will at least be topless, some places fully nude with a short BBBJ. If the girl likes you, you should be able to touch everywhere, if not then you may face resistance. These places are tolerated by the authorities because they don't involve G2G contact.
Korean girls who work at these places have doll faces, and even girls with implants are still relatively small but you may find a thicker girl with awesome naturals. Koreans are bony in the rear unlike the ladies of Japan who typically have some back. Don't believe the age they tell you as K-Girls age very slowly and 28 year old girl can very well pass as a 22 year old. If you add 5 to the age that you think they are on first glance, you are probably right.
As for barber shop pole places. They are not the same as An-Mas and shouldn't be referred to as such. Barber poles attached to a Sauna, are likely legit and usually involve hair cutting and massages given in a public bath or jimjilbang. Barber poles pointing to a location in the basement or upstairs is probably the ones you need for the good stuff esp if they are still open past 10pm. Places on the ground floor usually cut hair although may have a secret room attached for additional services if the outside windows are frosted. If you aren't picky I think these are good places to relax for 40, 000 to 80, 000 won. Barber poles that spin around a little slowly and says stuff on it are for sports massage places. They tend to cost more but offer better services. If it spins real slow and has a picture of a woman, they are beauty salons that only cut hair.
Actual An-Ma places (soapy massage joints with FS) are not that easy to find but are around. But be fearful of crackdowns and shelling out over 100, 000 and often 180, 000 won for a girl that may not be all that hot or friendly may not be the best. Locals probably frequent places where they possibly make reservations in advance for girls they know are good.
I haven't been inside a Love Motel, but I guess they operate through street girls around the places and through call girl services. I imagine business cards inside?
Everyone's dream is to be able to go to a high end room salon and take a girl for 2cha afterwards. But who has that kind of dough, unless it's on the company card. Noraebangs and DVD bangs are sometimes a poor man's room salon in disguise, but when getting a helper don't expect a stunner.
Classified ads and business cards I imagine are no different than in the states. Probably an agency and you never get the girl pictured. Becoming a more first world, wealthy nation seems to mean that you become more and more like the USA Things become harder, more costly and less and less accessible to those are not in the know. There is always Thailand and the Phillipines which should be good for a few decades.[/QUOTE]How to get there:
Tell a cab driver to go to Nonhyun-dong Kyungbok Apt Junction (&44221; &48373; 4&44144; &47532. It is situated on main road and a small alley. Follow the alley and on the left side, there is a building with the sign S-Top. Take the elevator to 3rd or 5th floor. There you. I think they charge around KRW 180, 000 for everything. You can kick back in its lounge as well and if you want, they give you a Thai msg as a compliment.