Parking light inside car

[svxistentialist]

To the right of my steering column are two switches, left one for heated mirrors, right one for parking lights.

My car is JDM, so when I switch off the ignition, it turns off all the lights. Except the parking lights if switched on. My problem is this; with the lights switched on at the column lever, all illuminated switches, radio etc are switched on, including the two mentioned above. However, when the ignition is off, all switches are unlit. I have many times had to go back and unlock the car and switch off the park lights, not realising they were in the "on" position. This is annoying.

What gives? Does your US switch stay illuminated when the ignition is off and the park lights are on??

Joe