To present intelligibly to a user, a plurality of kinds of obstacle elements that exist on a guide route and will extend a passing time, in a navigation device.
This navigation device includes: a display means 70 for displaying information; a map information storage means 30 for storing map information Mp; a route searching means 40 for searching for a route K from a starting place S to a destination G; an obstacle element detection means 40 for detecting obstacle elements existing in the middle of the route K; an obstacle element listing means 50 for listing the detected obstacle elements with numerical quantities classified by each kind, and outputting the result; an input means 10 for receiving input for selecting the kind of an optional obstacle element out of the list of the obstacle elements; and a display control means 60 for controlling the display means 70 so as to display a listed object which is an obstacle element of the kind wherein selection is input, together with the route K on a corresponding position in the map information Mp.
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