Finally, a Japanese line you can actually buy. Yumiko Sekine's Fog Linen is a rigorously rustic line of natural-colored linens: sheets, dishtowels, aprons. Design Within Reach carries a wide selection; Selvedge stocks her bed and kitchen linens; and The Gardener in Berkeley carries her dishtowels and napkins.

Below: Fog Linen in Japan.

Below: Fog Linen Cafe Apron; $55 at Design Within Reach.

Below: Fog Linen Cutlery Case; $26 at Design Within Reach.

Below: Images from Fog Linenworks.

Below: Linens from Selvedge.