Japanese Fest draws crowds to Hermann Park

Mario DePavia first became interested in Japanese culture when he was in elementary school.
He had gone to the house of a Japanese-American friend and when he arrived he noticed everything in the house, from the floors to the decor, were different.
“I was really interested in what his family was like and where he came from,” DePavia said. “Turns out he didn’t know very much about Japanese culture either, his parents, his grandma seemed to know a little bit more, and we st