Fox Village and Tashirojima Cat Island

We want to visit Fox Village and Tashirojima Cat island while visiting Sendai. We like off the beaten track places rather than touristy places. Can we do both spots in a day trip or is two days better?

I think you'd better do it in two days, as doing it in 1 day looks pretty impossible. The fox village is a 1 hour drive away from Sendai, so you can probably do some other sightseeing too on the day you go there. http://sendai-travel.jp/activities/zao-fox-village/

But for Tashiro island, first you need to get to the harbor in Ishinomaki, about 1.5 hours from Sendai, and then get on a ferry for a little less than an hour. There are only 3 ferries per day and you’ll need to take the 9am or the 13pm to actually have time to sightsee and be able to get on the last 15:30pm one back to Ishinomaki. So this is an all day thing. http://sendai-travel.jp/activities/tashiro-island/