Pros and Cons of a Working Holiday Visa?

Hello!

I (26F) have been considering applying for a Working Holiday Visa to Japan this year. The reason is that I want to experience working and living in Japan for a while to get a taste of it. This so I can make a decision on whether I would still want to move to Japan for a longer time in the future or not. I have been on exchange to Japan twice, but obviously an exchange student’s life is different from that of a full fledged member of society. Hence the will to try to kind of be one while on a Working Holiday Visa.

I know quite some bit of the Japanese language as I majored in Japan Studies in university. I know quite some bit about the Japanese society and mindset. However, I’d still like to know what the general pros and cons of a Working Holiday Visa are. I know I am not allowed to take very good jobs and would have to do with small jobs like being a convenience store worker, however, I would still like to hear the experiences of those who went to Japan on a Working Holiday Visa. Hence here are some questions I’d like to have answered:

* Where did you work (region wise)? Did you work in different places or did you stay in the same region?
* How difficult was it to find a job?
* What type of job(s) did you end up doing and what was your general thought/experience.
* How difficult was it to find housing? What kind of problems (if any) did you face?
* Where there any happenings that made you realise that a Working Holiday Visa was not a good decision?
* Any other advice on the Working Holiday Visa you would like to share?
* What did you think of Japan after your working holiday visa and did you end up moving there permanently or not because of it?

(I hold the Dutch nationality but I am ethnically not Dutch, in case this would be important when giving advice)

Thank you in advance for answering!