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Go to A; head to A
Often followed by verbs like 行く/いく, 来る/くる, 向かう/むかう, etc.
準じゅん備びが できたら 、 町まちへ 向むか お う ！ 
Once you're ready, let's head towards town!
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今日 は 病 院 へ 行 っ た 。 
Today, I went to the hospital.
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妹 は 、 服 を 買 い に わざわざ 東 京 へ 行 っ た 。 
My younger sister went all the way to Tokyo to buy clothes.
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母 は 買 い 物 へ 行 き ま し た 。 
Mother went shopping.
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彼 は ここ へ 歩 い て き た 。 
He walked over here.

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ANoun (Location/Goal)
へ
Basic Examples:
東へ行く (go east)

Notes
Can often be interchanged with the particle に
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User notes
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mysticfive
Level: 1605
(13 years ago)
there is a very slight difference in nuance between に and へ, so be careful! に is used for a destination, へ for a direction. So while both 東京に行く and 東京へ行く essentially mean 'go to Tokyo,' the first has the nuance that Tokyo is the final destination, and the second one means more 'going in the direction of Tokyo' but Tokyo might not necessarily be exactly where you're going. Also, while you can say 東へ行く(going to the East), since you cannot *arrive* in "the East," you cannot say 東に行く.
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Discussion about this grammar
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drrobotnik
Level: 1
I often get corrected that I should use へ in some of my sentences. Is there a preferred time to use へ over に, or is it simply sometimes へ is physically easier to say in a sentence?
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14 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 262
I always thought they were interchangeable, and a grammar dictionary I checked on confirmed as much. The only time it said に couldn't be substituted for へ was before the particle の (への is ok, but にの isn't).
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solostyle
Level: 13
"The primary difference between the 「に」 and 「へ」 particle is that 「に」 goes to a target as the final, intended destination (both physical or abstract). The 「へ」 particle, on the other hand, is used to express the fact that one is setting out towards the direction of the target. As a result, it is only used with directional motion verbs. It also does not guarantee whether the target is the final intended destination, only that one is heading towards that direction. In other words, the 「に」 particle sticks to the destination while the 「へ」 particle is fuzzy about where one is ultimately headed."
from http://www.guidetojapanese.org/particles2.html#part4
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