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If you stay in an onsen for 45 minutes, you’d probably have bigger issues than infertility — such as passing out and drowning. They of course come at different

If you stay in an onsen for 45 minutes, you’d probably have bigger issues than infertility — such as passing out and drowning. They of course come at different temperatures, whether they are artificial or natural, but onsen are HOT. After 10 or so minutes it becomes pretty unbearable. Most people take small breaks in between soaks, but even then a cumulative 45 minutes is a bit much. I’d be more interested in how this affects sauna cultures. In particular Korea where it’s quite common to sleep in a sauna (jimjilbang) for a couple hours. Although people don’t do it daily.

fiblye 6y ago
I've hung out in onsen for about an hour at a time. Sometimes I raise my upper body out if I start feeling dizzy, but it's not completely unbearable. I also took sizzling hot baths all the time as a kid and don't feel the heat, although I'm sure I'm probably being cooked. This could be why I have no kids.
trhway 6y ago
>I’d be more interested in how this affects sauna cultures. Sauna works differently than hot bath. In sauna you sweat profusely in order to maintain your body temperature, and your blood vessels expand, and the heart works hard actively pumping the blood thus avoiding local overheat of any specific body part. Plus you take a cold shower or jump into cold water right out of sauna :) >to sleep in a sauna (jimjilbang) for a couple hours nobody can sleep in sauna for a couple of hours :) The best i saw some few guys did in the local Korean sauna is about 30-40 minutes at 180F. In Korean jimjilbang there is also usually something like a room with warmed floor where you do go for a nice relaxed sleep after/between sauna room visits. Damn that coronavirus lockdown, i haven't been for the sauna for like 6 weeks already...
- distantaidenn 6y ago
  > nobody can sleep in sauna for a couple of hours :) You're right, I should have been more clear. I was referring to the warmed floor area you mentioned. I've spent quite a lot of time in jimjilbangs back in Seoul. Currently in Tokyo...Once the travel restrictions are lifted, I'm on the first thing with an engine headed back to Seoul!
earthboundkid 6y ago
If you don’t go blind when you get up, you weren’t in long enough.
agumonkey 6y ago
oh ok, fun fact ... I never took one and had no idea how warm/hot they'd be.

fiblye 6y ago

I've hung out in onsen for about an hour at a time. Sometimes I raise my upper body out if I start feeling dizzy, but it's not completely unbearable. I also took sizzling hot baths all the time as a kid and don't feel the heat, although I'm sure I'm probably being cooked. This could be why I have no kids.

trhway 6y ago

>I’d be more interested in how this affects sauna cultures. Sauna works differently than hot bath. In sauna you sweat profusely in order to maintain your body temperature, and your blood vessels expand, and the heart works hard actively pumping the blood thus avoiding local overheat of any specific body part. Plus you take a cold shower or jump into cold water right out of sauna :) >to sleep in a sauna (jimjilbang) for a couple hours nobody can sleep in sauna for a couple of hours :) The best i saw some few guys did in the local Korean sauna is about 30-40 minutes at 180F. In Korean jimjilbang there is also usually something like a room with warmed floor where you do go for a nice relaxed sleep after/between sauna room visits. Damn that coronavirus lockdown, i haven't been for the sauna for like 6 weeks already...

distantaidenn 6y ago
> nobody can sleep in sauna for a couple of hours :) You're right, I should have been more clear. I was referring to the warmed floor area you mentioned. I've spent quite a lot of time in jimjilbangs back in Seoul. Currently in Tokyo...Once the travel restrictions are lifted, I'm on the first thing with an engine headed back to Seoul!

earthboundkid 6y ago

If you don’t go blind when you get up, you weren’t in long enough.

agumonkey 6y ago

oh ok, fun fact ... I never took one and had no idea how warm/hot they'd be.