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	A stable of "SUMO" visit tour in Tokyo
	What is a stable of "SUMO"? The sumo lifestyle requires strict discipline and devotion. By the time they are 15 years old, most novices enter a "stable" run by retired top wrestlers, who provide training, guidance and wisdom. Young wrestlers are only given room and board at the stable and have no additional income. Nearly all their time is devoted to training for the sport and preparing for competition.
	Daily practices begin at 4:30 a.m. Currently, there are about 800 rikishi, or wrestlers, in the professional sumo world, from the youngest trainees to the top champion, or yokozuna. Sumo wrestlers bulk up with a diet that is heavy in protein and rice. The traditional sumo stew, chanko nabe, is composed of fatty pork, cabbage, eggs and bean sprouts. Wrestlers gorge themselves after morning practice, followed with a nap (to ensure slow digestion) and then again at dinner.