[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":47},["ShallowReactive",2],{"trivia-cursed-car-navigation":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":13,"description":14,"extension":15,"facts":16,"meta":35,"navigation":36,"og_fact":37,"path":38,"related_terms":39,"seo":40,"stem":41,"tags":42,"__hash__":46},"trivia_en/en/trivia/cursed-car-navigation.md","Cursed Japanese Car Navigation Secrets",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":9},"minimark",[],{"title":10,"searchDepth":11,"depth":11,"links":12},"",2,[],"technology","Discover surprising and counterintuitive facts about car navigation systems in Japan, from ancient tech to peculiar directions and bossy voices.","md",[17,20,23,26,29,32],{"headline":18,"detail":19},"The Mystery of Missing Street Names","Unlike Western systems, Japanese car navigation rarely uses street names because many residential streets simply don't have them. It navigates by district, block, and number.",{"headline":21,"detail":22},"Reliving the CD-ROM Era","Believe it or not, many older Japanese cars still run navigation systems on ancient CD-ROMs or DVDs, leading to severely outdated maps and frustrating detours.",{"headline":24,"detail":25},"The Unyielding Navi Voice","Older Japanese car navigation systems are infamous for their demanding, repetitive voice commands. It's less a helpful guide and more a stern, unyielding supervisor.",{"headline":27,"detail":28},"Adventures Down Tiny Alleyways","Your Japanese navigation might confidently direct you down incredibly narrow, seemingly pedestrian-only alleyways. Don't worry, it usually knows they're technically roads!",{"headline":30,"detail":31},"Analogue TV in Your Dashboard","Before digital, Japanese car navigation systems often integrated analogue TV tuners. These are now useless relics, a testament to how deeply integrated — and outdated — the tech can get.",{"headline":33,"detail":34},"Navi's Dead End Surprises","Older Japanese navigation can occasionally lead you to roads that are now defunct, privatized, or simply end abruptly in unexpected, often inconvenient, locations.",{},true,"Your Japanese car navi might lack street names, demand U-turns, or lead you down an alley. It's not cursed, it's just Japan!","/en/trivia/cursed-car-navigation",[],{"title":5,"description":14},"en/trivia/cursed-car-navigation",[43,44,45],"Heisei","Modern","Lifestyle","oxYGsTYdwbPABPj-NBWzpGq_Z7-_4BeObF7UTu4kpI0",1781244023142]