She has had numerous individual and collective exhibitions in Mexico, more recently working with a group of Mexican and Japanese female artists called Flor de Maguey.In 2011, she had an exhibition of pieces such as violins and images of cats made with recyclable materials at the Tarragona, Bocados del Mundo restaurant in Mexico City.[3] Watabe belongs to a group of Japanese and Mexican female artists in Mexico City called the Flor de Maguey (maguey flower) which also has sculptors Beatrix Lazo, Keiko Toda, painters Shoko Sumi and Midori Suzuki and engravers Patricia Medillín and Sumi Hamano.[9] Flor de Maguey’s works reflect, through painting and sculpture, on the traditions, life and nature of the two countries represented in the group.[8] In 2011, she had an exhibition with fellow member Patricia Medillín called “Perspectivas Femininas” at the Foro Cultural Casa Hilvana in honor of International Women’s Day.