Toyomatsu Shimoda(下田豊松Shimoda Toyomatsu) (1887 - October 10, 1972), born in Iwanai District, Hokkaidō, was Japan's first Chief Scout, active at the dawn of the Japanese Scouting movement. His father, Shimoda Nisaburō(下田仁三郎), participated in the "Kigyōsha"(起業社) organization from the Kanezawa han, which developed land to make it suitable for habitation. After graduating from Hakodate Commercial High School(函館商業高等学校Hakodate Shōgyō Kōtō Gakkō), he worked as an officer in the army stationed in Japan. In 1916, he founded the Hokkaido Iwanai Youth Organization(北海道岩内少年団Hokkaidō Iwanai Shōnendan).