Masahiko Shimada

Background

Shimada, Masahiko was born on October 14, 1930 in Osaka, Osaka, Japan. Son of Yosaburo and Suga (Miyamoto) Shimada.

Education

Bachelor, Kyoto (Japan) U., 1954; Master of Arts, Kyoto (Japan) U., 1956.

Career

Teacher, Tezukayama-Gakuin High School, Osaka, 1956-1960; teacher, The Affiliated High School to Osaka (Japan) Arts & Sciences U., 1960-1964; sub-professor faculty of liberal arts, Tezukayama U., Nara, Japan, 1964-1971; sub-professor faculty of arts, Ritsumeikan U., Kyoto, 1971-1972; professor faculty of arts, Ritsumeikan U., Kyoto, 1972-1978; professor faculty of education, Fukui (Japan) U., 1978-1994; professor facualty of arts, Otani U, Kyoto, since 1994.

Achievements

• Masahiko Shimada has been listed as a noteworthy Human geography educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Human Geography Society Japan, Association History Geographers in Japan, Fisheries Economics Society, West Japan Fisheries Economics Society, Japanese Association for Canada Studies, Academy Alpine Club (Kyoto).

Interests

• Avocations: mountaineering, bicycling, calligraphy.

Connections

Married Hisako Noguchi, May 8, 1964 (divorced July 1982). Children: Wataru, Susumu, Naoko, Mitsuru. Married Keiko Hukase, August 26, 1984.

Father:

Yosaburo Shimada

Mother:

Suga (Miyamoto) Shimada

Spouse:

Hisako Noguchi

Spouse:

Keiko Hukase

child:

Wataru Shimada

child:

Mitsuru Shimada

child:

Naoko Shimada

child:

Susumu Shimada