Michiko is one of the most popular and distinguished photographers today where she has been involved in organizing many exhibitions. She is an established curator having been doing this in 1989 when she started her work at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. She would then move on to offer her services at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo for 4 years before returning to the Metropolitan Museum. She would then take up the post of Chief Curator and has been holding that position until present day. Since then, Michiko has been involved in many prominent shows that include ‘The Works of Contemporary Women Artists’ show, the ‘Alfred Stieglitz and his Contemporaries’ show and many others while she was also previously a guest curator for the 2004 ‘Out of the Ordinary/Extraordinary’