#Chanko

[merpmonde]

Ryôgoku Kokugikan

It's sumo season in Tokyo! Though, to be fair, it's sumo season three months per year, as this arena, the Kokugikan in Ryôgoku, on the East bank of the Sumida-gawa two stops from Akihabara on the Chûô-Sôbu line, hosts half of the year's six major tournaments.

It wasn't open when I visited Tokyo, so I didn't see inside, but even then, there are apparently, and unsurprisingly, a lot of sumo-related places to visit in Ryôgoku, like Ekô-in temple... and I missed them all! Well, apart from the odd statue.

I went to Ryôgoku area without a real plan, I wandered around and found some interesting places I'll get to another time, but one thing I think I planned was to try the "lunch of champions", the classic stew for sumo wrestlers: chankonabe, or chanko for short. It was rich and copious, as you'd expect, and, as I remember, I didn't quite finish it.

[royumijapon]

Esta receta de caserola se inspira en el mundo del sumo. “Chanko” es el término que se usa en la lengua vernácula del sumo para sus comidas, y chanko-nabe es una gran caserola repleta de vegetales saludables y proteínas que se sirve en todos los gremios de sumo. Los luchadores tradicionalmente preferían las aves a los animales de cuatro patas porque se paran sobre dos pies y se les considera de buena suerte (después de todo, caer sobre las manos es derrota en el sumo). Hay muchos ingredientes en esta caserola, pero si preparan las cosas en el orden indicado, encontrarán que todo se junta bastante rápido. Para cambiar los sabores, sugerí ponzu agridulce y yuzu koshō picante, una pasta mezclada de cáscara de yuzu verde y chiles. Porción 3 a 4 personas Tiempo de preparación: 30 minutos Tiempo de cocción: 25 a 30 minutos Ingredientes del caldo: • 2 dientes de ajo, finamente picados • 1 trozo grande de jengibre, finamente picado • 1 cucharada de aceite de sésamo • 1.000 mililitros de agua • 150 mililitros de sakeReceta Sumo Nabe Continua leyendo >>>

[zubosi9000]

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[fionaapplerocks]

Pitchfork is being 'folded into GQ magazine' which is corporate speak for 'you are (almost) all fired'.

@jennpelly

I don't know what will happen to the Pitchfork website or Youtube channel , but now might be a good time to revisit some of the many great interviews they have done over the years.

[fattributes]

Chanko Nabe

[space-blue]

Will I get deep enough into sumo again that I'll start sumo posting on Tumblr?

We'll see. But my bestie and I are making chanko nabe this Wednesday and I can't wait urrghh.

[ikiyou]

Today is sumo wrestling! We're in the middle of one of the big tournaments that lasts for 15 days!

Starting it off with chanko nabe! This hot pot is what the top sumo wrestlers eat to grow big, and Chuuya's gonna eat the whole thing!

That round ball is a whole cooked yolk. It's supposedly from a pre-laid egg...

Historic depictions of the sumo wrestlers.

Chuuuyaa, your hat's in the way!

You're such an asshole, Dazai.

All the senior fighters round up in a circle to introduce themselves.

The champion stamps his feet...

And then they fight!

That face slap!

And he's out!!

[mahoutoons]

i'm not too far into pripara but one thing i appreciate about it is how this character

is never made fun of for her weight. she serves as comic relief but her weight is never the butt of the joke. she's even told that she could be a model. given this is an idol show, i'm actually surprised at how respectfully they treat chanko.

[polishmodels]

Grzegorz Chanko - Zegna Spring 2025 Menswear, Milan

source: vogue.com

[spraxinoscope]

Sumo is the best and worst sport there is

Champion Sumo Wrestler Hokutoumi by Kinoshita Daimon, 1985

I've been playing Street Fighter 6 and maining E. Honda, which is a gateway drug to learning about sumo, which is a gateway drug to watching hours of sumo wrestling on this 24 hour sumo rebroadcast twitch stream.

It's a fun spectator sport but it turns out that sumo is like American football but worse, because in addition to getting their skulls smashed together constantly, they also get all kinds of health problems from the stress, injuries, and diet. The average sumo wrestler lives to be 65 and is likely to get diabetes. It's inhumane. And it's backed by hundreds of years of tradition so they can get away with it.

...but, unfortunately, sumo is cool as shit. Here's why:

You lose a match by being forced out of the ring or getting knocked down. You win by being immovable. How do you become immovable?

By having more mass than your opponent, of course.

Every match starts with both wrestlers rushing together and colliding. All else being equal, the heavier wrestler has an inherent advantage at the start. Strength alone is insufficient; if he doesn't have the mass he'll just bounce off the other guy. If the match isn't decided in the first second, then it becomes a hellish grappling game, as they both try to figure out how to tip over a person who's built like the dog that cannot be tipped over.

So there's this arms race happening behind the scenes as coaches use the power of Dark Nutrition Science to try and make their guys heavier.

Every wrestler is trying to be heavier than average, so the average weight keeps going up. It's been going up since the 60s. Building and sustaining mass, along with doing the accompanying strength training to stay agile, is the challenge that defines a sumo wrestler's career.

This is the real game. The teams (which are called 'stables,' to give you a sense of why there might be a problem here) are competing with each other to win the title of Who Can Put The Most Calories In A Guy.

It's nightmarish, but if I'm being honest, it's also compelling. Like, this is what all pro sports do: relentlessly instrumentalize human beings into honed single-purpose machines. But in sumo the qualities being optimized for are moving fast, hitting hard, and being huge. And it turns out that a person can get really good at all three of those! It's impressive! Inspiring, even! It's just too bad that, you know, it eventually kills them.

Pro sumo is a dangerous, exploitative sport. It probably shouldn't exist. But as long as it does, do yourself a favor: Check out that stream, pull up the wikipedia page on sumo to read along so you can figure out what they're doing, and bear witness to a spectacular and deranged application of human ingenuity and drive.

It does help if you know hiragana so you can read their names. But, cmon, it's 2023. Learn hiragana already. It takes like a couple days on duolingo. The stream chat also has a bot that gives a short bio of any wrestler if you type ![their name]. If channel host sahairah happens to be there, and they often are in the evenings, they will patiently answer questions you have. but don't show up there and ask a ton of dumbass questions, because that would then be my fault.

[sadandpoutyandfrench]

Trying on the outfits added to the silver dollar store. Man I really gotta grind for cash.

Cosmo and Ajimi are being added to Idolland! Now we can pretend to be Chanko because we're sure as hell not getting her as an NPC. Wonder if any of their songs will show up in April.

[auskbear]

Made chanko nabe tonight and discovered there is basically no upper limit on the amount of cabbage you can add. You filled your pot up and think thats enough? You fool, you fucking imbecile.

[prettyseriesbracket]

PriPara - Round 2 Match 15

[morethansalad]

Vegan Chanko Nabe (The Breakfast of Sumo Champions)

[sybilius]

Going to work today but my work friend is on vacation and I have to keep reminding myself not to be hopeful about the possibility of trading notes with him on Outer Wilds ....

[questdesign]

damn i want to go to a sumo basho so bad. ive never been attached to the idea of visiting japan like some people are, i could take it or leave it, but ive gotten so into sumo in the past few months and now i want to go mainly to do that. check out midnightsumo on twitch btw if you are interested in seeing the sport.