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I am a beginner, and I do not really understand the difference between に and へ particles. My teacher told that they can be used interchangeably when it comes to indicating "direction" and "destination", however, I have read that they are some exceptions when only of them can be used. Unfortunately, I haven't found an understandable explanation.

Eiríkr Útlendi
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Adam
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    Could you be more specific? For instance, could you provide some examples? Otherwise, you're asking a broad question, which is considered off-topic. – Nameless Sep 21 '21 at 17:17
  • https://www.wasabi-jpn.com/japanese-grammar/japanese-particle-ni-clear-up-all-doubts-you-may-have/ scroll down to に vs へ section – Adam Sep 21 '21 at 17:23
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    Related: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/26015 – Eddie Kal Sep 21 '21 at 17:26
  • @Adam https://www.wasabi-jpn.com/how-to-speak-japanese/live-seminar/the-difference-between-the-particles-%E3%81%AB-and-%E3%81%B8/ The same website provides an explanation to that. – Nameless Sep 21 '21 at 17:27

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に can be used when you are going 'to', 'at' or 'towards' a location, while へ can be used only when you are going 'towards'. The exceptions exist in case of へ because of this fact; you can't use へ when you are going 'to' or 'at' at a location.

As a side note, this limitation of へ makes it far less popular to use as location marker; に can do it's work, plus other work too.

Even natives prefer to use に all the time.

Tirthankar De
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