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  • Wrestlers of the Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) practicing in Nagoya, Japan before a tournament.
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  • Wrestlers of the Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) tussle in the center of the ring in Nagoya, Japan as Miyabiyama, the premier fighter of the stable, watches.
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  • Masato Takeuchi (at left, his ring name is Miyabiyama), a sumo wrestler at the junior champion level (sekiwale)  touches an opponent who he has thrown to the ground during practice for a tournament in Nagoya, Japan. (Masato Tekeuchi is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)  Miyabiyama is one of the largest of the Japanese sumos and would probably have moved up even further in the ranks had he not suffered a severe shoulder injury. He is only just now returning to matches. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Masato Takeuchi (at right, his ring name is Miyabiyama), a sumo wrestler at the junior champion level (sekiwale) charges at his opponent during practice a tournament in Nagoya, Japan. (Masato Tekeuchi is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Professional sumo wrestler Takeuchi Masato (ring name Miyabiyama- Graceful Mountain), practicing for a tournament in Nagoya, Japan.  (Takeuchi Masato is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Wrestlers of the Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) go through agressive practice bouts at their stable in Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Takeuchi Masato, a professional sumo wrestler whose ring name is Miyabiyama (meaning "Graceful Mountain"), with his day's worth of food in the team's practice ring in Nagoya, Japan. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • A wrestler tidies up the ring during break in practice for a tournament in Nagoya, Japan.
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  • Takeuchi Masato (inside ring, right), a professional sumo wrestler whose ring name is Miyabiyama (meaning Graceful Mountain), at practice in Nagoya, Japan, just before a tournament.  (Takeuchi Masato is featured in the book What I Eat, Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) practicing in Tokyo, Japan. Wrestlers of the Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) go through practice routines at their stable in Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Wrestlers of the Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) go through practice routines at their stable in Tokyo, Japan. A professional sumo wrestler sends his opponent tumbling to the floor during practice with his team.
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  • Masato Takeuchi (at left, his ring name is Miyabiyama), a sumo wrestler at the junior champion level (sekiwale)  with members of his team during practice a tournament in Nagoya, Japan. (Masato Tekeuchi is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Professional sumo wrestler Takeuchi Masato (ring name Miyabiyama- Graceful Mountain), practicing for a tournament in Nagoya, Japan.  (Takeuchi Masato is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Wrestlers of the Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) go through practice routines at their stable in Tokyo, Japan.  Sumos cook and eat chanko nabe, a stew pot of vegetable and meat or fish, at nearly every meal. It  is eaten with copious amounts of rice and numerous side dishes. Miyabiyama eats now to maintain his weight rather than to gain it, unlike the younger less gargantuan wrestlers in his stable who are eating a lot to pack on weight.
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  • Pilgrims jamming the trains in Hardiwar station. Every 12 years, millions of devout Hindus celebrate the month-long festival of Kumbh Mela by bathing in the holy waters of the Ganges at Hardiwar, India. Hundreds of ashrams set up dusty, sprawling camps that stretch for miles. Under the watchful eye of police and lifeguards, the faithful throng to bathe in the river.
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