Sumo wrestlers devour a traditional meal of sumo stew called chanko nabe. All the components can be found in an Asian supermarket. Try this recipe. The rules of sumo are simple. If any part of your ...

This story comes to us from Abbie Fentress Swanson. Pro sumo wrestlers adhere to a rigid diet centered on a simple traditional Japanese dish: chanko-nabe. This stew is cooked in a clay pot and is made ...

In Japan, nabe, or hotpot, is a warming, winter soupy-stew cooked in a donabe (earthenware pot). Chanko nabe – sumo wrestler nabe – is a healthy, hearty, calorific version that gets its name because ...

In Japan, nabe, or hotpot, is a comforting, filling soupy-stew cooked in a donabe (earthenware pot). Chanko nabe – sumo wrestler nabe – is a healthy, hearty, calorific version that gets its name ...

Sumo wrestlers are usually referred to as Rikishi. Being a rikishi is a tough journey that requires hard work, determination and discipline. When a sumo wrestler is beginning their wrestling career, ...

When it’s cold outside, that means it’s nabe (hot pot) season. There is nothing as comforting as gathering around a table with a steaming hot pot simmering away in the middle as everyone picks out ...

Want to bulk up like a sumo wrestler? Try chanko nabe, an ancient Japanese dish that is synonymous with sumo culture. While the average wrestler eats about 10 bowls of it per day, non-wrestlers can ...

Wrestlers in the Dewanoumi sumo stable in Ryogoku, Tokyo, serve themselves from the chanko nabe pot during their morning meal — actually served around noon, after a morning of practice in the ring.

At the U.S. Sumo Open on Saturday in Long Beach, Calif., roughly 60 sumo wrestlers from around the world will face off at one of the largest sumo competitions outside Japan. To the untrained eye, they ...

A 3 1/2 -hour drive northwest of Tokyo puts you in the hot-spring town of Kusatsu Onsen, a worthwhile trip for the chanko nabe – sumo stew – at local eatery Daicha-an. The chef, also the owner, ...

At the U.S. Sumo Open on Saturday in Long Beach, Calif., roughly 60 sumo wrestlers from around the world will face off at one of the largest sumo competitions outside Japan. To the untrained eye, they ...