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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Broadway’s Constantine Rousouli Devours Rotisserie Chicken Between Shows “I eat it all at the theater with my hands. I have no time to sit and prepare utensils.” ...

What does it take to become a sumo wrestler? Turns out, a whole lot of soup. The traditional sumo diet includes an abundance of chanko nabe, a meat and vegetable soup of which wrestlers consume about ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Everyone thinks I'm kidding about going to Tokyo to watch sumo wrestling (see previous post), but I'm dead serious. I've even added a picture of me hanging out with the great Akebono (Hawaiian-born ...