What was going on in Kichijoji today?

I went to Kichijoji for the first time today and the amount of people in the central area around the station was absolutely astronomical. I'm talking Shibuya crossing on a saturday night amount type crowds. Was there an event or something or is the place just always that popular? We tried to eat a Hamasushi and there were 45 GROUPS ahead of us in line.

When I was walking around I did see that they were taking down some equipment for what looked like a political event/demonstration but I doubt all the people were there for that. There were also a lot of security guard looking people watching over the crowds.

by miksu210