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 ...

Sumo wrestling comes to Broadway this weekend as three world-class wrestlers hit the ring at PlayStation Theater in a centuries-old Japanese show of brute strength and litheness for Sumo + Sushi. And ...

There is so much to learn about sumo, an ancient endeavor performed by too-big men in too-small diapers. Not just a sport, it’s a lifestyle — with a year-round season and morning training sessions so ...

SF Weekly has a long-running obsession with very large men wearing very little clothing, but we’ve never seen any beefcake in the 600-pound category. That changes this weekend, when the 5th Annual ...

Ryuichi Yamamoto doesn't just eat. He inhales, swallows and devours his food. A plate with two dozen sushi pieces is annihilated in minutes. Fried rice disappears almost instantly, with the bowl ...

Seattle's crowd took in sumo stars Byamba, Yama and Ramy, while enjoying local sushi prepared by Hirohiko Kirita of Chiso. Some fans even got a chance to enter the ring and take on the wrestlers ...

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 ...

LONG BEACH – Sliding her feet pressed flat into the mat, sumo gold medalist Jenelle Hamilton held her palms open to the sky. She thrust her open hands upward as she squatted low, tackling an invisible ...

At 5-foot-3 and 135 pounds, Michael Greenberg was the lightest sumo competitor at the 14th annual U.S. Sumo Open on Sept. 20 — by a lot. But according to the young Jew from Long Beach, his svelte ...