How many styles and schools of Karate are there in Japan?

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There are a lot of styles like 伝統派(松濤館流, 糸東流, 剛柔流, 和道流 = Shōtōkan-ryū, Shitō-ryū, Gōjū-ryū, Wadō-ryū etc.) , 沖縄空手, フルコンタクト(極真会館) and so on.

According to this page, there are at least 640 karate schools in Japan.
http://dojos.org/cgi-local/search/html/0…