Originally Posted by
AlwaysAisle
Tokyo does not have official China town but immediate northwest area of Ikebukuro station is known to have Chinese restaurants which are frequented by Chinese expatriates living in Tokyo. The
map of Ikebukuro Chinatown (PDF format, in Japanese) shows locations of Chinese restaurants frequented by Chinese living in Tokyo. If you want more authentic Chinese, not Japanese-Chinese, then restaurants in Ikebukuro may satisfy your palate.
So the little place that I found last summer was part of an unofficial Chinatown? I had no idea.