Li Hai-tien, founder of the Lung Men Group, which he has since handed over to his son, graduated from Meiji University with a master's degree in law before opening a little restaurant of less than 70 square meters (now the Chungking Restaurant, with four branches and two carryout shops) as a way to settle down in Japan and earn a living.
現在中華街，廣東、四川、台灣、上海，各式地方菜一應俱全，商家間合組公會，興衰與共，相處十分融洽。然而在領「特配」的五年間，日本的華僑社會也曾有其他僑界所沒有的一種「省籍情結」。