(agree) > but something practiced in a couple of villages in Gifu prefecture It could say "the Gifu prefecture tradition..." and still "actually only a couple

(agree) > but something practiced in a couple of villages in Gifu prefecture It could say "the Gifu prefecture tradition..." and still "actually only a couple of villages do it" would be valid, and so on and so on... On the other hand the way we write headlines lends itself to misinterpretation deliberately. It could say "A few people in Japan eat wasps" but nobody would click.