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, ...

Whenever our reporter Masanuki Sunakoma thinks of the many noodle restaurant chains he’d most like to dine at in Fukuoka, Menchanko-tei always comes to mind. So on a recent trip to the prefecture, he ...