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After a day of ancient Japanese traditions, the Kitamuras took me out for dinner-at a French resturant. Only in Japan can you expeience delicious French food and modemn discos as well as the tradition of the temples and shrines, traditions that have stayed with the Japanese for centuries. CANADA Continued from Page 8 province of Ontario, and the city of Toronto," said Ernie Stapleton, communication assistant at the Toronto Tourist and Convention Information Center. He said some Americans have the impression that Canada is all "winter, hockey, and beer." "Hockey is big, and we do have snow, but there is more to Canada and Toronto than this," said Stapleton. Went said the Conservative Canadian government is trying to attract a new type of tourist to Canada, one who will go to Canadian cities, eat in Canadian restaurants, attend Canadian museums-and spend American money, as opposed to "the guy who will drive the Winnebago up... and spends little money except (to buy) gas for the boat, maybe, and cans of salmon." Toronto has been the main center for American tourists looking for urban excitement. According to local travel agents, weekend packages to Toronto are very popular with Americans. "You can go to Toronto for $100 by train per person, which includes two .nights in a hotel , round trip railtrip, everything except meals," said John Kosta, president of Huron Valley Travel. T~ou can't go to a major city- inth U.S., like Chicago, at that price." Toronto has been billed as a modem, cultural city, and according to Stapleton, only New York attracts more theater. "We're safe, and clean, there are a lot of things to do in Toronto, it's not just walking down the streets at night," said Stapleton. Indeed, Torontonians have much about which to boast. It is clean-very clean, for a city bigger than Boston or Dallas. A spotless, efficient subway, trolley, and commuter train system makes getting around easy, another rarity in large North American cities. Liberal Canadian immigration laws have made the city attractive to a wide range of ethnic groups. Toronto's Chinatown is among the largest such neighborhoods after those in San Francisco and New York; there are also communities of Latvians, Lithuanians, Greeks, Italians, and many others. A twenty-year-old building boom, still going strong, has given Toronto a glittering, if not especially varied, downtown skyline. First Canadian Place is the tallest office building outside of the U.S., and the CN Tower, at over 1,800 feet, is the tallest free- standing structure anywhere. The view from above is, naturally, spectacular, but so is the $6 (Canadian) admission price. Continued on Page 13 Trains and buses A, Alternatives worth some consideration Experience Ann Arbor's newest Night Club & Lounge Michigan Daily Classifieds 764-0557 I THINK SATURDAY, FEB. 21 - SATUR $10.00 DEPOSIT I FREEPORT BAHAMAS .... . Adj Daily routine got5 blowers and wind ch in order. Let AAA T place in the sun. V Hawaiian Island. 7 Nights in Waikil from $559* through Dec. 17,19 1987 prices from $6 *Pric pe ANN ARBOR AAA B M A G A Z I N E E y day! By Jeannine Freeman WHEN WAS THE LAST time you considered using a bus or train as a means of transportation to and from school? If you're like many University students, your answer was probably "never." Ellie Routhenberg, manager of the Boersma Travel Nickel's Arcade office, says that more than 98 percent of their student customers travel strictly by plane. But depending on your destination, trains and buses can be a great bargain. "Sure, I'd like to travel by by train. It's much more scenic. But travelling by Seattle bytrain or bus would take at least three days," said Liz Gravitz, an LSA junior from Washington state. "Three days of scenery through a bus or train window isn't my idea of sight- seeing." With high competition in the deregulated airline industry, it's often as cheap or cheaper to fly than to take a bus or train. An average round trip train fare to Boston is approximately $120. The average plane fare to the same destination runs around $118, according to a Faber Travel agent. So why do people choose to travel by train or bus at all? Engineering senior Perry Holzknecht often rides the bus between Ann Arbor and his home in Akron, Ohio. He said there is "nothing wrong" with bus transportation but "if I lived any further away, I would probably opt for travelling by airplane." Of the students asked, only a small number who live near Ann Arbor, use buses. Dan Kroll, a driver for Greyhound bus lines, echoed this. "Most students who use the bus live within a 50 mile radius of Ann Arbor. Unless it's spring break time, you don't find too many University of Michigan students on the buses because it just takes too. much time for them... they're in a hurry." The many stops that buses and trains must make can become aggravating during long trips. The 3-4 day journey involved in lenghty excursions like those from Ann Arbor to Seattle can be covered in a matter of hours by plane.] Shorter distance train travel, however, is much cheaper than flying. Amtrak to Chicago costs $25.50 one way, $37 Fridays and Sundays between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. To fly from Detroit Metro in the new Holiday Inn West Happy Hour Monday-Friday 4pm -8 pm Live Entertainment Nightly featuring. 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Dec.19 through Apr. 26 1987 departures. es include air fare and accommodations, r person, based on double occupancy. ARCADE BARBERS We carry: o Paul Mitchell " Redkin " Creatif # 6 Nickels Arcade " Nexus " K.M.S. " Sebastian 665-7894 A defense against cancer can be Cooked up in your kitchen. There is evidence that diet and cancer are related. Follow these modifications in your daily diet to reduce chances of getting cancer. 1. Eat more high-fiber foods such as fruits and vegetables and whole- grain cereals. 2. Include dark green and deep yellow fruits and vegetables rich in vitamins A and C. 3. Include cabbage, broccoli, brussels sprouts, kohlrabi and cauliflower. 4. Be moderate in consumption of salt-cured, smoked and nitrite- cured foods. 5. Cut down on total fat intake from animal sources and fats and oils. 6. Avoid obesity. 7. Be moderate in consumption of alcoholic beverages. No one faces cancer alone. AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY' Train travel is interesting, and often cheaper than flying. would be at least double-$98 round-trip-and that's with a number of inconvenient restrictions. Prices go up from there. Similarly, you can go to Toronto on VIA Rail (the Canadian system) for $43 U.S. round-trip. Flying from Detroit starts at $112, without taxes and with restrictions. And don't forget to add about $10 and an hour for a limousine to the airport if you don't have a ride. While long-distance train travel may be a luxury that not many can afford, those students who can find it a much for relaxing way to travel. Library Science senior Brett Nulf, an avid train-traveler, said, "You'll spend as much time in an airport, if not more. I hate waiting forever in a crowded airport only to have my plane delayed because of fog or something. I find a long train ride a fortunate opportunity to sit back and relax." Over 95 percent all train travel by students is to Toronto or Chicago. One Faber Travel agent said, "The majority of all Ann Arbor to Toronto or Ann Arbor to Chicago tickets are weekend-type packages... it is really a shame, but long distance travel has become quite unpopular. Students do not want to spend time traveling when they could be home instead." Bill Street Forum Celebration of Jewish Arts presents Amos Oz & Tamir The-Cloud fun on a conven futon, and is i on a waterbed be a quilt on 410 N. Fourth Ave. TWIN ONLY $175 Conver r INa mre m rctions as feathe ntional mattress c ncredibly comfort d. The Cloud can cold winter nigh (In Kerrytow rtible Sofa rid Futon Amos Oz, Israe journalist, is al social and polit the Land of Isro sensitive but ui Israel to the Mi< Prior to Amos C Tamir will perfc five characters Sunday,:I Rackham Tickets are avails the Michigan Uni (Vsa/MasterCar U Hill Street Forum . 1429 Hill Street " 663-3336 i uni in eyvCOMM e UI I IM FULL ONLY $225 QUEEN ONLY $260 FUTONS STARTING AT $75 a! RANCH -1200 S. MAIN STREET - 668-4660 1. 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