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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

The Inner Sunset eatery Nabe is known for serving chankonabe, the hot pot stew famously consumed by Japan’s sumo wrestlers, but the restaurant never played host to any of the culturally revered ...

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 ...

Mongolian-born sumo wrestler Byambajav Ulambayar became the highest-ranked wrestler on his team at age 18. He spent his childhood practicing several styles of martial arts and is a four-time sumo ...

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 ...

NAGOYA, Japan – The sound of bodies slapping against each other rocks the stifling sumo “stable” in the Japanese city of Nagoya, as 11 gigantic wrestlers wearing only loincloths take turns throwing ...

Sumo wrestlers serve up chanko-nabe at Musashigawa Sumo Stable in 2007 in Osaka, Japan. At the U.S. Sumo Open on Saturday in Long Beach, Calif., roughly 60 sumo wrestlers from around the world will ...