also: ェ
I'm planning to go to Osaka next month.
He walked towards the station.
I wrote a letter to my grandmother.
The train is heading towards Tokyo.
へ indicates the direction something moves toward, whereas まで stresses reaching or extending up to a specific endpoint.
Standard kana spelling for the directional particle. Pronounced え in modern Japanese.
Rarely used kana form; the standard spelling is へ.
The particle へ derives from the noun 辺 (へ), meaning 'vicinity' or 'direction'. The pronunciation shifted from へ to え in modern Japanese, but the kana spelling へ is retained.